Thunderbird Magazine, Summer 1987

~ ateway to the future from students
The year 1966 was a time when
Thunderbird students gathered at
international dinners to feast on
baked pig and to listen to the strains
ofJoseph LoPiccolo's accordion
while "wine merchants" peddled
their wares. The Prairie Dogs intra­mural
football team emerged vic­torious
and Colorgraphic Club
members shared slides and experi­ences
from around the globe.
Today, Class of 1966 graduates
are banding together for a different
cause - to raise funds for construc­tion
of an entrance on Greenway
Road which will serve as the main
gateway to the campus and as the
starting point for the new perimeter
road that will loop the campus.
Consisting of a landscaped median
and large sign, the entrance will be
constructed at the current site of
the Thunderbird Management
Center building.
The idea for the project blossomed
last fall at the 20-year reunion of
the Class of 1966. On the third day
of the reunion, the proposal for the
project was announced and the first
organizational meeting was held.
Within a month, a $1,500 gift was
received from a donor, and more
than $5,000 was raised even before
the formal appeal began, including
a generous matching gift from the
Kiplinger Foundation.
Heading the Greenway Entrance
project is C. Michael Bennis, who
served as chairman of the Class of
1966's 20-year reunion. Since his
graduation from Thunderbird,
Bennis has served as coordinator
of alumni activities in Spain, Thun­derbird
Founders Club member,
Annual Fund chairman, Presidents
Council member, Alumni Education
Counselor, New York phonathon
volunteer, and director of the
Thunderbird Club of New England.
"It's an excellent project;' says
Bennis. "It will greatly improve
traffic flow and safety Also, it's the
most noticeable thing we could do
as a class. It will be the first thing
you see when you arrive on campus
and the last thing you see when
you leave.
"For 1980-1981, our class donated
more money to Thunderbird than
any other graduating class. We're
asking classmates to come through
again with this same kind of spirit
and donate funds as soon as possi­ble
so that we can rapidly complete
the project and provide safety bene­fits
to the schoo!:'
of the past
Others active in the entrance
project include: Lloyd Andrew
Straits, II, who served as a charter
member of the Founders Club,
member of the Presidents Council,
20-year Reunion Steering Commit­tee
member, and member of the
Alumni Association Finance Com­mittee;
Fred M. Smoot, who has
actively supported the Presidents
Council, the Honolulu alumni club,
and the 20-year Reunion Steering
Committee; and Jerry Rupp, former
president of the Thunderbird Peru
and Arizona Chapters, and cur­rently
chairman of the board of the
Arizona Chapter.
"First impressions are important,
especially for people who may be
on campus only for a short time,
such as international visitors, diplo-mats,
potential students, corporate
recruiters, and businessmen;' says
Straits. "By contributing to the
Greenway Entrance project, alumni
can help create a better impression
and improve the physical stature
of a school in its 41st year."
"Hopefully, everyone can find a
way to maximize their contribu­tions
for a successful project;'
says Smoot.
The entrance project is the
second class-sponsored project,
following in the footsteps of the
Class of 1960 Academic Mall.
"These projects are the start of a
trend;' says Bobbie Boyd, director
of Alumni Relations, "as alumni are
increasingly joining together to fund
projects that will enhance the phys­ical
beauty of the campus.
"In the past, donors' efforts
focused primarily on strengthening
curriculum-related areas; but now,
with a strong academic core estab­lished,
they are able to help upgrade
the school's grounds and facilities,
and contribute to the visual impact
of the campus;' says Boyd. "These
projects are a way for alumni to
identify a need on campus and then
do something about it. It's a great
way for them to be involved in the
school's development, and they can
see the tangible results of their
donations and support." The Class
of 1966's current fund-raising target
for the entrance is about $65,000
over a three-year period.
For those who participate in the
Presidents Council, there is an
added bonus, as they can credit
their donation to the project and
receive dual recognition.
By Charles C. Barnes
CONTENTS
THUNDERBIRD
magazine
2 THUNDERBIRD LIBRARY
CELEBRATES A NEW CHAPTER.
The addition of the IOO,OOOth volume
marks a milestone in Thunderbird's
growth. The task and joy of this growth
has belonged to Thunderbird's librarian
of 33 years, Lora Jean Wheeler.
6 CAMPUS NEWS
10 THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
12 ALUMNI UPDATES
23 ALUMNI CONTACTS
Thunderbird Magazine
Summer 1987
Quarterly magazine of
the Alumni Relations
Office of the American
Graduate School of
International Management.
Thunderbird Campus.
Glendale. AZ. 85306
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American Graduate
School of International
Management
Director of Communica­tion
and Editor:
Nelda S. Crowell
Managing Editor:
Carol A. Naftzger
Communication Secretary
and Contributing Writer:
Charles C. Barnes
Contributing Writer:
Joe Myers
Student Assistants:
Thunderbird Magazine:
Rebecca Berkich '88
Eric Chadwick '88
Alexandra Dymanus '87
Joe Myers '87
Sharon Schoenhals '88
Theresa Miskell Sires '87
Reldon Welling '88
Director of Alumni
Relations and Publisher:
Bobbie M. Boyd
Alumni Relations Staff:
Karen J. Rooney
Executive Secretary
Donna Cleland
Data Base Administrator
Pearl L Anderson
Records Assistant
Peggy E. Hufnagel
Secretaryl Assistant
Darleen Moller
Receptionist
Student Assistants.
Alumni Relations Office:
William D. Johnson '88
Conan E. Peisen '87
William C. Reade '88
Arthur S. Stern '88
On the Cover:
Photography: Left, students Usa
Michael Paulson/Audio Hindman '87 and SteYe
Visual Support Kulhanek '87 study the
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Reprinted with permission Ubrarian. The globe
of The Phoenix Gazette. wos donated to the
Permission does not imply School in 1961 by Fred
endorsement by the newspaper. Bohen, then president
Design:
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Thunderbird.
.......-ibrary begins a new chapter
II · 0 he addition of
" a new book ona
. . . library's book
shelf is usually a
common occurrence - done with­out
fanfare or recognition. However,
the Thunderbird community
recently took special note of an
addition made to the Barton K.
Yount Memorial Library when the
campus library added the 100,000th
volume to its collection. The
library was recognized for this
achievement May 22 at the Fortieth
Anniversary Pioneer Reunion held
on campus.
"Reaching this goal certainly was
a surprise to me;' said Miss Lora
Jeanne Wheeler, chief librarian.
''The School has worked hard to
continually improve the library,
but I thought it would take us
much longer to collect the number
of volumes that we have today."
A library collection of 100,000
volumes is an accomplishment when
one considers that in 1946, when
the school was founded, the library
contained only 2,664 volumes.
Because of a limited budget, several
of those volumes were borrowed
from professors' private collections.
The library was first located in
what is now the storage hangar, in
the present location of the campus
bookstore. A periodical reading
room was in the present-day office
of the ASLC student-body president
at the same location.
"When the school first opened,
General Yount would always take
visitors to look at the library;'
recalled Berger Erickson, Thunder­bird
executive vice president. "He
was quite proud of the library even
though it was very small. Of course,
there really wasn't much else on
campus at that time. All the other
buildings were either barracks
or hangars:'
In addition to borrowing books
from professors to complement the
curriculum of Spanish, Portuguese,
and Latin American studies, dupli-
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER 'S7
Students study in 1948 in the
Periodical Room that now houses
student government offices.
with lOO,OOOth volume
The library building, completed in
September 1970, carries the name
of the School's founder.
..
The Periodical Room houses 1,015
volumes, of which 132 are foreign publications.
..
Russell Sears, assistant librarian,
and Susan Bledsoe, acquisitions
librarian, use the OCLe system to
search a book title for bibliographic
information.
<III Lora Jeanne Wheeler helps a
student find research material in
the early '60s.
cate books were requested from a
variety of organizations: Hispanic
Foundation, Pan American Univer­sity,
Library of Congress, New York
Public Library, and the Woodrow
Wilson Memorial Library. According
to Erickson, "With such a limited
budget, we had to try and get books
from as many different resources
as possible. We couldn't rely on
the faculty for all of the library's
books."
By 1950, the library had collected
5,900 books-and subscribed to 124
publications. During this same time
period, books that had been bor­rowed
from professors were either
returned or purchased by the library
uring the next
12 years, tpe
library slowly
expanded under a
limited annual book budget of
approximately $7,500, according to
Miss Wheeler. "The administration
was always supportive; it's just that
there wasn't a great deal of money
to be invested in the library;' she
said. As a result of the limited bud­get,
the library continued to solicit
book donations and documents from
sources throughout the world.
The library received its first
significant financial contribution
after a library memorial fund was
established to honor Dr. William
Schurz, past preSident of the
School and director of the Area
Studies Department. After his death
in 1962, alumni donated approxi­mately
$20,000 to a memorial fund
in his honor, with the money desig­nated
to be used for the library.
"Receiving this much money was
a tremendous boost for the library,
and enabled us to make substantial
purchases to the library'S collection;'
said Miss Wheeler, adding that "after
receiving this amount of money, it
was virtually impossible to go back
to a budget of $7,500."
The collection of books increased
to more than 22,000 by 1967. The
following year the board of directors
began to consider capital improve­ment
plans for the campus. 'The
board considered the construction
of a new library building to be a
top priority item for the school;'
said Erickson. "The major concern
was funding the construction."
According to Miss Wheeler, initial
funding was to be provided by a
grant from the government. "Unfor­tunately,
the government canceled
all library construction grants just
as we were submitting our proposal;'
she said. 'The board, however,
decided ~o go ahead and raise the
money through private donations."
Construction of the $448,734
library building was completed
September 1, 1970. Major financial
contributors included The Good­year
Tire &. Rubber Company,
American Management Association,
alumni, and the Thunderbird board
of directors.
Dr. Ralph E. Ellsworth, director
of libraries at the University of
Colorado served as consultant prior
to the construction of the new
library. At his recommendation, a
25,000 square-foot building was
constructed that would be large
enough to hold 100,000 books. In
addition to housing the library,
10,000 square feet of the building
were allocated to Alumni and Career
Services offices where they remained
until 1977, when they moved into
their present faCility.
"The atmosphere on campus was
very exciting as the library was
being constructed;' said Miss
Wheeler. "This was the first new
construction on the campus, so it
really was a big step for the schoo!:'
•" ()
" oday the library
has an annual
_ ', book budget of
, $100,000, allowing
for the purchase of approximately
5,000 new books a year, many of
which are annual statistical reports.
Approximately 54 percent of the
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
Library (continued)
books ordered each year are based
on recommendations from the
World Business, Modem Languages,
and International Studies depart­ments.
The library also subscribes
to 1,015 periodicals, of which 132
are foreign publications.
Miss Wheeler described the
library today as more than just a
business library, pointing out that
approximately half of the books
are social science in nature, which
includes country studies' reports
and economic studies.
"We are continually trying to
increase the number of business
books to our collection;' said Miss
Wheeler, "but the problem is they
are so much more expensive than
the other books. Our budget just
doesn't allow us to purchase as
many as we would like to:'
To facilitate locating books or
specific information not available
in the library, three options are avail­able:
the OCLC system for inter­library
loans, access to the Dialog
network, or use of the Arizona
State University library.
Jill Zajicek '87, works in the library
on a research paper (or International
Marketing Management
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
The OCLC system allows students
to tap into 6,000 libraries through­out
the country, according to
Russell Sears, assistant librarian.
He said the average waiting time
for a book through the OCLC is
approximately two weeks.
"The Dialog network, however,
is a much quicker way to gather
information;' he said. "With Dialog,
a student can get immediate infor­mation
through a computerized
system which connects 300 data
bases from various sources." A fee
is charged to the student based on
the type of search needed.
"We are a small and very specific
library which enables us to provide
a great deal of detailed international
information;' said Miss Wheeler.
"Our strengths are in the various
business international publications
that we subscribe to, in addition to
the specific financial papers and
statistical country reports. My
personal goal is to see this be
the best international library in
the country."
By Joe Myers '87
j
r' J
:etite librarian
For 33 years the major force
behind the growth and success of
the Barton K. Yount Memorial
Library on the Thunderbird campus
has been Miss Lora Jeanne Wheeler,
chief librarian since 1953.
Miss Wheeler, a petite, modest
woman, is often hesitant to discuss
her accomplishments at Thunder-bird;
but one only has to trace the
history of the library to see that
she has made a powerful imprint
on the Thunderbird community.
She admits that the library has
changed drastically since she first
arrived, but she gives most of the
credit to the support she has
received from the administration.
From the very beginning the
administration worked closely with
her to improve the library. "I
remember Dr. Carl Sauer (president
1953 - 1966) helping me make
homemade binders for magazines
and books, because the School
couldn't afford to have someone
else do the job;' she recalls.
"When I first arrived at the
School, I don't think I would have
stayed ifI hadn't already signed my
contract;' she admits. ''The condi-tion
of the library - which consisted
of homemade bookshelves, few sup-plies
and no room for storage - cer-tainly
wasn't what I was expecting.
However, the condition presented a
lot of challenges that a librarian
would never find at other libraries.
"After getting through the first
year, I enjoyed the challenges of
the library, so I just decided to stay
on. Of course I had no idea I would
be here this long;' she says.
Miss Wheeler's experience prior
to her arrival at Thunderbird
included eight years as reference
and circulation librarian for the
University of Utah, where she
received her bachelor of arts in
education. She also holds a bachelor
of science degree in library sciences
from Columbia University.
"The transition to a small library
was difficult for me at first, but I
eventually got used to the fact that
tackles gargantuan task
Lora Jeanne Wheeler
• .' ., ."-'00,,,,,.I.
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, ~ .. -...•
I ~. • uri ~ Finland's Ambassador to the United
States, Paavo Rantanen, visited
Thunderbird and spoke on Finland's
East-West Relations. While on
campus he presented the book,
Finland's Living Design, to Lora
Jeanne Wheeler for the library.
~ Lora Jeanne Wheeler and Berger
Erickson add the IOO,OOOth
volume to the library stacks in
ceremonies held during the alumni
reunion in May. Pioneer alumni
from all over the world signed the
IOO,OOOth volume, the Thunderbird
history baok, which will be placed
in a display case in the library.
the library at Thunderbird was not
going to be like major university
libraries;' she says. "The challenges
provided by such a small library
tipped th.e scale for me. In addition,
working at a smaller library pro­vided
a great deal of diversification,
which for me is one of the joys of
personal life. For the past 15 years
she has pursued a ballroom dancing
hobby which has taken her to com­petitions
throughout the United
States and internationally.
To stay in shape for the semi­annual
competitions, she says that
she rehearses two or three nights
a smaller library."
Diversification is something that
Miss Wheeler also carries into her
a week. Commitment to her hobby
paid off last spring when she
received third place at a competi­tion
in Las Vegas.
"I've always been more of an
intellect and have depended so
much on my mind;' says Miss
Wheeler. "The dancing has been a
real challenge for me:'
Miss Wheeler also has excelled
with her intellectual capabilities.
In 1969 her book, entitled Interna­tional
Business and Foreign Trade­A
Guide to Information Sources, was
published. The 221-page book pro­vides
a bibliography and short
summary of publications and books
that have a connection with inter­national
business.
Miss Wheeler says that the three­year
project was like an albatross.
"It seemed like I could never take
a night off without feeling guilty
because I wasn't working on it. I
guess it was much like school. When
I finally saw the book in print, it
was quite a thrill. Several of the stu­dents
on the campus purchased
the book and then asked me for an
autograph. I was very flattered :'
In addition to writing her own
book, Miss Wheeler also compiled
the bibliography for the International
Trade Handbook, which is used at
various schools that teach courses
relating to international business.
Back at the Barton K. Yount
Memorial Library today, Miss
Wheeler's preference for diversi­fication
is evident in her working
style as she manages a staff of 24,
including 18 work-study students.
"Miss Wheeler has been an
extremely dedicated librarian and
has always pushed for the improve­ment
and expansion of the library;'
according to Dr. Berger Erickson.
"She's always dug right in and
worked to achieve her goals."
"My job is almost like having
several different jobs without having
to move;' concludes Miss Wheeler.
She attributes this belief to the
diversity of her work and to the
growth of the library that she has
helped develop.
By Joe Myers '87
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
CAM PUS NEW S
ENROLL NOW
FOR WINTERIM
JANUARY 4-22,1988
Alumni, as well as students, may
enroll in the three-week January
Winterim program, which features
guest lecturers from major corpora­tions
and other specialists.
Six courses are normally offered in
the World Business Department plus
courses in cross-cultural communica­tion
and other current subjects in the
International Studies Department.
Three semester hours of credit may
be earned.
Cost of the program is $925 for the
three-week session. Because all courses
are offered simultaneously, alumni may
register for only one of the courses.
On-campus lodging may also be avail­able
at a reasonable cost.
For further information, contact the
Admissions Office, Thunderbird
Campus, Glendale, AZ 85306.
A CALL TO
THUNDERBIRD
AUTHORS
A future issue of the Thunderbird
Magazine will feature an article on
alumni authors. If you have had a
book published in the past few
years, we would love to hear from
you. Please forward the title of your
publication, a brief synopsis, and
information about you to the Office
of Communication, Attention: Man­aging
Editor, Thunderbird Magazine.
BIZARRE BAZAAR
The spring Bizarre Bazaar netted
$3,000 for Thunderbird's student
emergency loan fund. Northwest
Orient Airlines once again generously
donated round-trip tickets for two to
Tokyo for the raffle. The raffle alone
netted $1,600, and the trip was won
by a second-semester student from
Canada, Gunnar Helgason.
~NORTHWEST
6 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
Dr. Robert L Gulick,
Jr. "He was a true
Baha'i, applying the
principles of the one­ness
of mankind, and
love and unity, with
no prejudice toward
any race or religion."
A quote from
Mrs. Gulick.
IN MEMORY
Dr .. Robert L. Gulick,Jr., 74, foreign
student advisor and former dean of
admissions, died May 3, 1987. Sur­vivors
include his wife, Bahia, assistant
professor of Arabic; son Robert III;
and two grandchildren.
Dr. Gulick served as dean of admis­sions
from 1964 to 1982. He established
the Alumni Educational Counselors
program and taught the School's first
course on the Middle East. Named
Outstanding Educator for 1972, Dr.
Gulick was active in numerous inter­national
education organizations and
was an economist for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the School to establish a scholarship
fund for foreign students in
Dr. Gulick's name.
Services were held May 28, 1987, for
Francis W Gifford. He joined Thunder­bird
in 1957, working in Buildings and
Grounds and later Central Supply. Sur­vivors
include his wife, Louise, Finan­cial
Aid Officer, and five daughters.
CONSULAR CORPS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The fifth annual Consular Corps
Ball was held in May at the Paradise
Valley Country Club. The Corps dedi­cated
the event as a tribute to the
memory of Dr. Robert Gulick for rend­ering
tireless assistance to foreign
nationals in our state. A check in the
amount of $5,000 was presented to
Dr. William Voris, representing pro­ceeds
from the black-tie event to be
added to the Consular Corps Scholar­ship
Fund.
AT&T EXECUTIVE
ELECTED TO
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John E. Berndt, senior vice preSident
of International Business Markets
Group, AT&T, was recently elected to
the board of trustees. Also elected to
the board was Robert E. Mercer, chair­man
and chief executive officer for The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
Dr. William Voris was honored as
the 1986 Arizona Outstanding
International Business Leader in
award ceremonies held durinj the
World Trade Week Luncheon in
Phoenix.
(I-r) Dr. William Voris accepts a
check for $50,000 presented by
Carlene H. Warner, Department
Chief, Personnel/Public Relations,
AT& T Network Systems and repre­senting
the AT&T Foundation.
Looking on is William Turner,
Chairman of the Thunderbird Board
of Trustees and formerly a member
of the board for AT&T International.
He is currently Chairman, Argyle
Atlantic Corp., and works with
AT& T's Advisory Council.
6-
A view from the Frank Snell Learn­ing
Center toward the Academic
Mall and study pavilion, the project
sponsored by the Class of 1960. On
Thursday, October 8, 1987, this
will be the scene for a ceremony
dedicating the mall, the Modern
Languages faculty building, and
the Joan and David Lincoln Com-puter
Center. All alumni are invited
to return for the event
INTERAD
The 39th InterAd was held in May
under the direction of Professor
Sumner Wyman. The winner of the
competition was U-Haul in Canada.
The team consisted ofJillian Heffron,
account executive; Peter P. Brodnitz,
research director;Jennice A. Owensby,
marketing director; Yvonne Heiser,
creative director;Jeffrey J. Hays, media
director; and Jill Zajicek, sales promo­tion
director. Other presentations
included Tata-Honeywell in India;
AT&T in Singapore; and Welch's in
Thailand. The May 25,1987, issue of
Advertising Age carried a full-page
article on the spring InterAd and
Professor Wyman.
Judges participating in the 39th
InterAd under the direction of
Professor Sumner Wyman included
(I-r) Stephen Blinn '68, senior vice
president/group account supervisor,
J. Walter ThompsonlWest;Jacq/een
Ferrell '78, vice preSident, account
supervisor, Dancer Fitzgerald &
Sample, Inc.; and Kelly O'Dea 72,
senior vice president, group manage­ment,
Ogilvy & Mather International.
Larry Mellinger '68, Alternate
Director for the United States,
Inter-American Development Bank,
spoke to students about his decision
to attend Thunderbird, his banking
career, and the Thunderbird Alumni
Association, during a visit to campus
in June.
NEW
APPOINTMENTS
William E. King, Associate Professor
of English as a Second Language, has
been appointed as Foreign Student
Advisor, succeeding Dr. Robert Gulick.
King joined the faculty in 1971 after
graduating from the University of
Southern California with an M.A. in
linguistics. He was promoted to asso­ciate
professor in 1975 and tenured in
1976. King established the first pro­gram
in English As a Second Language
at Thunderbird.
Dr. William Voris announced that
Dr. Clifton Cox has been appointed
Chairman of the Department of World
Business, effective July I, 1987.
Kathryn A. Vegso has been appointed
Director of Career Services. She holds
degrees in human resources, family
studies, and counseling. Dr. Dick I.
Rich has accepted the position as part­time
counselor in the Career Services
Center. Rich received his Ph.D. from
Columbia University. Douglas N.
Upshaw is the new Director of Intern­ship
Education in Career Services. He
holds an MBA from the University of
Chicago and has extensive international
experience with International Harvester.
Karen Tisdale is the new Recruiting
Coordinator.
EUROPEAN
REUNION
The fall European reunion to be
held in Rapperswil, Switzerland,
promises to be a fun affair. Spon­sored
by the Thunderbird Alumni
Association of Europe, it will be
held October 16-18, 1987. A press
conference is scheduled for Octo­ber
15 in West Germany and Presi­dent
William Voris is scheduled to
attend. For reservations and further
information, please contact Mariya
A. Toohey '78, TAAE President,
(492) H3-2053 ; or Tom Hofmanner
'79, (4H) 926-5212.
Make plans now to attend Thun­derbird's
annual Homecoming and
Balloon Race on November 13 - 15,
1987.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS
Alumni march across campus on
their way to participate in com­mencement
ceremonies.
Les Maasch '47 points to a familiar
photo on the reunion bulletin boord,
which featured more than 50 photos
from 1947 - 195Z
8 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
PIONEERS RETURN FOR 40th ANNIVERSARY
.. In 1947, jolly (left), john, and
Robert Backer received the first
diplomas conferred by Thunderbird.
In 1987 they returned for their
40-year reunion and received
honorary certificates at commence-ment
ceremonies.
Pioneer Reunion Chairman joseph
M, Klein '47, receives an honorary
certificate during commencement
ceremonies.
~ Two alumni sign the 40th anniver­sary
history book, which was placed
in the library as the 100,000 volume.
SPRING COMMENCEMENT
Trail-blazing pioneers of interna­tional
trade from the classes of 1947
through 1957 joined with jubilant grad­uates
of today to make the 40th anni­versary
year's spring commencement
one of the most memorable in Thunder­bird's
history. Another milestone for
the school's 40th year was the granting
of a degree to Thunderbird's 20,OOOth
graduate, Pamela Barit.
The 101 pioneer alumni who
returned to campus from places as
far away as Austria, Brazil, Spain and
Venezuela, had a full schedule of acti­vities,
including a lOO,OOOth volume
ceremony and reception at the library,
a campus tour, an evening at the
Thunderbird Pub, participation in the
commencement ceremony and receipt
of honorary certificates, a 40th anni­versary
cake-cutting ceremony, and a
pioneer reunion dinner with dancing
to the Brazilian beat.
Also with a cause to celebrate and
be proud were the 326 graduates of
today, representing 36 countries and
42 states. During the commencement
ceremony, graduates listened to key­note
speaker Robert Mercer, chairman
and chief executive officer of The
Goodyear Tire &. Rubber Company,
and they applauded Pamela Barit and
Barton Kyle Yount Award winner
Catherine H. Coates.
Pamela Barit is announced as the
lO,OOOth student to graduate from
Thunderbird.
A Jane Kuo, Modern Languages;
James Mills, World Business;
and John Conklin, International
Studies, receive the Outstanding Pro­fessor
Awards during commencement
Commencement speaker Robert
Mercer, chairman, and chief
executive officer, The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87 9
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK I
ARIZONA
PHOENIX
Arizona Tbirds have had a
busy schedule, traveling to
Laughlin, Nevada, on May 30
for fun and games, and tasting
tropical treats at a chapter­sponsored
luau inJune.
Phoenix Tbirds have also
been actively strengthening
the network through work
with current students on pro­jects
such as Career Afternoon,
Executive Social, and the
Student Alumni Committee­sponsored
Tbird Tuesday at
The Pub.
The first recipient of the
Phoenix Alumni Chapter
Scholarship has been selected.
Robert Kile has accepted the
partial assistantship for the
fall 1987 semester. Kile has
worked as a graduate assistant
for two semesters in the
Alumni Relations Office.
The Phoenix chapter has
also established a scholarship
endowment fund with an ini­tial
deposit of $1,000.
NEBRASKA-IOWA
The May meeting of Tbird
Wednesday focused on inter­national
trade with a former
counselor to the U.S. Custom
Department speaking on
export regulation and tariff
codes. The group got together
inJune at Chez Chong Restau­rant,
Omaha, for Tbird Wed­nesday
to take a group picture.
NEW ENGLAND
New England Tbirds enjoyed
an Evening at the Boston Pops
and have been active with
numerous projects, such as
an Indian Cultural Dinner
and the Great Tbird Inter­national
Potluck Picnic.
December '86 graduates who
recently joined the Thunder­bird
Club of New England
include: Claire Anderson,
Edward Baxter, Rhona Hellen­brecht,
Kevin Moran, Thomas
Nemeth, Susan Norton, Brian
Sheehan, Jill Stockwell,
Jennifer Van Kleek, and
Weston Waugh.
NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE
Albuquerque Tbirds savored
fine food and drink with
Charles Mannel, vice president
for External Affairs, and his
wife, Rose, at Las Maiianitas
Restaurant. On hand were:
Sally Craig '84, Beverly and
Canuto "Newt" Sanchez, Jr.
'58, Warren and Mary Feller
'74, David and Jenny Huhn
'70, Roberto and Romaine
Castillo '60, and Ernest H.
Bruss '62.
SANTA FE
Mr. and Mrs. Mannel also
received an enthusiastic and
friendly welcome in Santa Fe
where Tbirds gathered at the
Steaksmith-El Gancho Res­taurant
for dinner and cock­tails.
At the get-together were
Anne and Roderick Honstein
'78, Robert C. Ellis '49,
Louis A. Frey '73, and
Richard Hubbell '52.
NEW YORK
New York Tbirds hosted a
reception for Berger Erickson,
executive vice president.
About 51 Tbirds greeted Mr.
Thunderbird, including many
graduates from the early
classes. Charles Mannel, vice
president for External Affairs,
attended the New York Chap­ter
Alumni Board meeting on
April 6 at the Canadian
National Bank, International,
with Tbirds Charles '83 and
Kathy Sawyer '84, Nancy
Frohman '84, Sue Holden '84,
and John Castro '74.
One of the largest off-campus
meetings of Thunderbirds in
the United States was held at
the Princeton Club of New
York on May 12, with alumni
leaders from New York, Boston,
Washington, D.C., and Phila­delphia,
in addition to Presi­dent
Voris; Stephen Hall,
president of Thunderbird
Alumni Association; Nelda
Crowell, director of Com­munication;
and Bobbie Boyd,
director of Alumni Relations.
Prior to a reception honoring
President Voris, Stephen Hall
was a guest speaker and
northeast alumni leaders pre­sented
information about
10 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
T'birds helping celebrate an April
25 wedding in Del Mar, California,
are front row from left to right:
Tony Hartman '8S,jillian Ackerman
'86, groomjim Willis '86, bride
Allison Underhill '86, Kim Royster
'85, Tim Royster '86, and Howard
Dade '85. Second row, Heather
Buzby, Marc Gallin '86,jeffCrone
'86, Cathy Curry '86, Delsee Kramer
Phoenix area T'birds who shared
professional insight with students
at the April 1987 Executive Social
include front row from left to right:
joe Helgert '83, Dave Pangburn '85,
Lynn Hurlburt 70, Rich Gilbert 77,
Don Parker '82; and back row,
BiffGreen '80, Gerald Rupp '66,
Tom Fikes 72, Tom Peterson 77,
and Gary Pacific 72.
In Rochester, New York area alumni
held a dinner in April for Charles
Mannel, vice president for external
affairs, their first "First Tuesday" in
june, and a july picnic. Attending
the April dinner were from left
to right: Bill Gale '54, Susan and
Dave Snook '82, Mr. and Mrs.
... Attending the Costa Rica alumni
barbecue in March were the fol­lowing
alumni and spouses, listed
alphabetically: Bill Barbee '69;
George Curtis 'S2;james Dahlstrom
'58; Glen Glad '63; Dean Huelat '58;
Cal Larson '86; Lewis Lucke 77;
Aldo Pia 72; Mike Santellanes '60;
james Stanley '53; and Robert
Wilke '48.
'86, Kristin Fish '86, Maria jose
Linores Stewart '85, Ty Stewart '85
(hidden from view), Gail Dawson '86,
David Bagley '86, and Steve Magoffin
'86. Third row, Scott Buzby '86,
Reid Blank '86, Melodie Smaby '85,
Laurie Konwith '85, Hiroki Fuse '86,
and Tim Brooks '86. Not pictured
are Greg Hall '86, and Paula
Lande '86.
john Dowd '68, Tom Miller '86
and his wife Connie, Nicole
Kutchukian '85, Charles Mannel,
Douglas Beau Kennedy '85,
Art Brina 77, Carl Gomez,
Ken Wasylik '83, Robert Kahley '47,
Paul Collins 72, and Abelardo
Gonzalez '84. Not pictured are
Peter Hahn '66 and his wife.
T A "mini reunion" of T'birds took ploce
in the San Francisco Bay Area during
the Christmas holiday, with left
to right: Tooradj Akhavan '83,
Patricia Murtha '82, Laura Akhavan,
Robert Greenfield '82, and Laurie
Rodarty '82.
"We send our best regards from •
sunny Puerto Rico!" say these T'birds
who meet every first Thursday at
the EI San Juan Hotel. First row
from left to right are: Don Tracy,
Jorge Rivera '70,Julie Burgess
Tracy '82, Marie Wickham '79,
Sue Lang '81, Alfredo Colomer '72,
and Myrna Rodriguez '83. Second
row left to right are: Chris Hargit
'82, Ismael Martinez '80, and
Jerry Firsty '5Z
(I-r) Charles Sawyer '83, New York .
chapter president, and Nona Niner
'81, are presented with gifts by
Stephen Hall '69, Thunderbird
Alumni Association president, to
acknowledge their assistance with
the organization of the Northeast
Regional Alumni Leaders Conference.
All alumni are invited to attend
the second annual Thunderbird
Games to be held on campus Satur­day,
September 12, 198Z The
Student Alumni Committee is
organizing the event, which will
feature various sports, a picnic,
and a dance in the evening. The
intent of the games is to foster
the relationships among the student
body, faculty, and alumni. For further
information, please contact the
Alumni Office at 1-800-TBird-33
or (602)978-7135.
Attending a March 31 reception for
Executive Vice President Berger
Erickson at the Women's National
Republican Club in New York City
are left to right Florence Mervis '47,
Carlos Scheer '69, Berger Erickson,
Marina Scheer, and Sehe Jong Ha '62.
T'birds gathering in Oslo, Norway,
for a May 2 wedding are front row
left to right: bride Linda Nelson
Onsrud '84 and groom Stein Onsrud
'84. Back row left to right are:
Sigurd Knudtzon '84, Alane Bowling
'84, He/ge Tryti '84, Per Maltun
'85, and FinnJorgen Roll '84. Not
pictured is the mother of the bride,
Jean Nelson, who is the ASLC
secretary.
chapter developments and
exchanged ideas.
The alumni group in New
York City, under the direction
of Brad '82 and Suzanne '82
Feinberg, conducted a phona­thon
in March. Loyal alumni
from the New York chapter
spent three evenings telephon­ing
fellow alumni in the New
York, New Jersey, and Con­necticut
areas. With pledges
totaling $8,465, another
phonathon record was set.
The event was hosted by
Continental Grain in New
York City.
OHIO
Gathering for an informal
discussion on May 5 at the
Fairlawn Ramada Inn, Akron,
were 29 northern Ohio Thirds.
The event was chaired by
Bruce Marks '74,Jayme
Canaday Maira '86, andJon
Goodman '86.
EUROPE
The European Reunion in
Venice was held April 24-26,
1987. Over 100 alumni and
spouses attended the reunion
which began with dinner at a
Renaissance palazzo. Christa
Britt, Professor, Department
of Modem Languages, attended
the reunion and brought news
of Thunderbird and 40th anni­versary
activities. Saturday,
reunion attendees toured three
islands and dined at Pisanti
Moretta. The reunion was
organized by Gianni Torti '79
and John Cook '79.
SPAIN
Barcelona Tbirds recently
elected Gina A. Pascale '87 as
chapter president, following
the move of Patricia Gras '85
to Paris. The group has been
holding its first Mondays at
the Dos Torres cafe, with about
20 to 25 people attending, in­cluding
current ESADE Tbirds.
ATTENTION
ALUMNI IN JAPAN:
A questionnaire was recently
sent by Dr. John Frankenstein
to alumni in Japan. Any
alumni who did not receive
one can request a copy from
Dr. Frankenstein on campus.
Those who did receive one
are asked to return it promptly.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87 II
ALUMNI UPDATES
Donations are being accepted through
the Development Office for the Scholar­ship
Fund in memory of La Senhorita
Maria Leopoldina de Noronha, a teacher
of Portuguese and Spanish at Thunderbird
from 1948 until her retirement in 1971.
One of Thunderbird's most beloved
and colorful instructors, her students
called her "La Senhorita" as if she were
the only senhorita in the world; and
indeed, she was one of a kind.
Class of
1947
Robert S. Backer '47, is retired and lives in
Phoenix. Lindsey P. Henderson,Jr. '41, has
received a master's degree in educationlhistory
from Armstrong State College in Savannah since
retiring from the Army He and his wife, Eve,
live in Savannah. Alfred O. Romo '47, is a Spanish
and Latin teacher with the Phoenix Union High
School District. He lives in Phoenix.
Class of
1948
Clifford W. Cole '48, is president of Transtrade
International. He lives in Dallas. Alfred F.
Miossi '48, has retired from his position as
executive vice president after 34 years with
Continental Bank. He lives in Wilmette, IL.
Robert]. Schweitzer '48, has retired and lives
in Coral Springs, FL. Fred S. Thatcher '48, is a
retired teacher living in Prescott, AZ.
Class of
1949
Robert Coffin '49, is retired and lives in Phoenix.
Wayne D. Crooks '49, is a director of interna­tional
sales with Floating Floors. He lives in
Toledo, OH. Donald G. Groves '49, recently
received the Valley Forge Honor Certificate for
excellence in the category of published works
for his article entitled "Can We Go Back-And
Now Go Forward?" He is currently employed as
staff scientist at the National Academy of Sciences
in Washington, D.C.Jane Heitz Anderson '49,
returned to campus in March. Recently retired
from advertising with the Ludington Daily News
in Michigan, she recalls earning money ironing
shirts on campus fQr 22¢ each in 1949. William
G. Hoover '49, is a manager of customer services
international with Goodyear Aerospace, Wheel
&: Brake Division. He lives in Akron, OH.
Anthony T. Lodico '49, is president and chief
executive officer of Biognostic Products Interna­tional
Inc., a medical products company He
lives in San Diego, CA. William H. Ross '49,
is senior vice preSident/personnel with First
Alabama Bancshares Inc. He lives in Montgomery,
AL. Stanley S. Serikaku '49, has retired and
lives in Chicago.
Class of
1950
Richard E. Brame '50, is a purchasing agent for
BrodielDohrmann. He lives in Portland, OR.
Richard R. Bupp '50, has retired and lives in
Los Angeles. John G. Mertz '50, has retired
from Union Oil Co. He lives in Stayton, OR.
12 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
Class of
1951
Richard D. Anderson '51, is a real estate broker
with Holland Realty and Investment Co. , Inc.
He lives in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.John H, Downey
'51, has retired after 30 years with Goodyear. He
and his wife, Sally, live in Venice, FL. They
extend an open invitation for old amigos to visit
them whenever they can. Elmer L. Edwards '51,
has retired. He and his wife, Suse Maria, live
in Maracaibo, Venezuela. John M. Frikart '51,
has retired from the University of Arizona and
Pima Community College. He was on the
Thunderbird faculty from 1946 to 1955. He lives
in Tucson. Malcolm E. Ivey '51, has retired and
lives in Macon, GA. Donald F. McVicar '51, has
retired and lives inJensen Beach, FL. Sumner
R. Waite '51, has retired and lives in Grosse
Pointe, MI.
Class of
1952
George Irven Curtis '52, has his own mortgage
loan business, Prestamos Nacionales, S.A., in
San Jose, Costa Rica. F.R. Weaver '52, has retired
and lives in Mansfield, OH. Hilary W. Wilson
'52, is a private consultant. He lives in New York
City. Charles M. Wood '52, is with Eternal Halls
Memorial Park. He lives in Oceanside, CA.
Class of
1953
Garland W. Muse '53, is a manufacturing repre­sentative
with Furniture Factory Direct. He lives
in Tampa, FL. Virginia Reis '53, has retired and
lives in Phoenix. Robert C. Stimson '53 , is a
sales executive with Walbridge &: Bell, Inc. He
is launching an international consulting firm to
assist small and medium-sized companies enter
the international arena. He lives in Toledo, OH.
Harry A. Tiber '53, has been an agent with State
Farm Insurance in Studio City, CA, since 1961.
Before that he worked in Indiana and Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Class of
1954
Joseph CerqueriaJr. '54, has retired from Philip
Morris. His wife, Yolanda Paladini Cerqueria
'53, teaches elementary school. They live in
Jacksonville, FL. William M. Gale '54, is at the
University of Rochester. He lives in Rochester,
NY Thomas P. Gillett '54, is with the U.S.
Department of Commerce. He lives in Gaithers­burg,
MD. William S. Koerner '54, is with
the Insurance Corp. of Hanover. He lives in
La Canada, CA. Harry]. Petrequin '54, is an
international cooperative officer currently
assigned to the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces at Ft. Leslie]. McNair, Washington, DC.
William F. QuinnJr. '54, is an assistant vice
president with Integrated Resources, Inc. He
lives in Red Bank, N].
Class of
1955
Barbara Y. Bettison '55, is vice president of
research, director, and secretary/treasurer of the
board with SDS Investment Advisors, Inc. She
lives in Long Beach, CA. Lee B. Butts '55, is
president of West Sea Corp. He lives in Indian
Rocks Beach, FL. Robbins Risher '55, is vice
preSident of International Holistic Center, Inc.
He lives in Scottsdale, AZ.Jerry Treat '55, has
rerlred and lives in Placerville, CA. John M.
Viborel '55, is managing director of Kemperman.
He and his wife, Anne Marie, live in Le Vesinet,
France. Robert A. Warren '55, is principal of
Warren Associates, a human resource develop­ment
firm. He and his wife, Ruth, live in San
Francisco.
Class of
1956
John G. Reddan '56, is a staff consultant with
Unisys Corp. He lives in Little Canada, MN.
Warren G. Stelzmiller '56, has retired from
his position as a systems accountant at the
Pacific Missile Test Center. He lives in Newbury
Park, CA.
Class of
1957
Robert L. Bonham '57, does financial, estate tax,
and insurance planning with Mony Financial
Services. He is a chartered life underwriter and
financial planner and he lives in Trujillo Alto,
Puerto Rico. Arnold A. Pell '57, is in manage­ment
with the Donnelly Directory He lives in
Houston. James R. Rogers '57, has completed
his 25th year as a junior high school teacher.
He writes, "my love of Latin America has never
ceased. I have made six trips to Brazil, and
explored many diverse regions including the
entire Amazon River from the Andes to the
Atlantic." Lorna L. Small '57, is an accounting
technician with the U.S. Department of Agricul­rure.
She lives in Tucson, AZ. Myron Eugene
Tomasi '57, is an executive officer with the U.S.
Agency for International Development in Wash­ington,
D.C. Thomas S. Trefts '57, is with the
Ford Motor Co. He lives in Avon Lake, OH.
Class of
1958
James C. Boonstra '58, is a vice preSident with
Beatrice Co. He lives in Fort Myers, FL. Robert
C. Hamilton '58, is a manufacturer's representa­tive
with RDH Associates. He lives in El Segundo,
CA. R.]. Lange '58, is a manager, sales depart­ment,
with Goodyear International Corp. in
Foster City, CA. Don Maling '58, has his own
company, Maling Development Group Inc. , in
Phoenix. He was recently fearured in an article
in Arizona Business Gazette. Evin L. Perdue '58,
is an instructor at the State Technical Instirute.
He lives in Memphis. John A. Roberts '58, is
secretary-treasurer of Utility Trailer Sales Co. He
lives in Phoenix.
Class of
1959
Robert A. Bombarde '59, is a supervisor with
Pacific Maritime Associates. He lives in Alameda,
CA. JamesJ. Hill '59, is with Medical Research
Associates. He lives in Westbury, NY William S.
Kneedler '59, is vice president of Peak Health
Care, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO. David K.
Laughlin '59, is with Consolidated Freightways,
Inc. He lives in St. Louis, MO. Rolf R. Liebergesell
'59, is chairman and chief executive officer at
Farrel Co. He lives in Stamford, CT. Frank T.
Pahl '59, is self-employed as a free-lance profes-
sional tour manager. He lives in Miami. John A.
Slagle '59, is a.director of customs laws and
regulations with Wolf D. Barth Co. He lives in
Ridley Park, PA.
Class of
1960
Howard G. Hall II '60, is vice president and
manager, international private banking division,
Security Pacific Bank. He lives in Moraga, CA.
Bob Kidney '60, is directorlbusiness research
and management support for the Asian, African,
and Australasian region for Eastman Kodak. He
and his wife, Nancy, and their two sons live in
Rochester, NY Thomas e. Morse '60, is a real
estate appraiser. He lives in Flagstaff, AZ. Perry
Thrush '60, is with Berger Co. USA in San Fran­cisco
and would enjoy hearing from Tbirds when
in the Bay area. Thomas R. Tuttle '60, is a sales
representative with Star Shipping. He lives in
La Palma, CA.
Class of
1961
John R. Arnold '61, is a sales manager with
Peerless Floral Distributors. He lives in Miami.
Marina Pressendo Scheer '61, is an ESL teacher
at a federal correctional institution. She and her
adopted son from Venezuela live in Danbury, CT.
Ronald K. Segerlind '61, is an auditor with
Army & Air Force Exchange. He lives in Dallas.
Thomas F. Sheehan '61, is a commercial mana­ger
with HydroCarbon. He lives in Houston.
Class of
1962 • Ch.John A. Florida
November 13-15, 1987
Jack M. Carter '62, is senior vice president for
Central Bank for Cooperatives. He lives in Engle­wood,
CO. John]. Edstrom '62, is the U.K.,
European and Middle East sales and marketing
manager for Tubesales Inc. in Southampton,
England. He and his wife Sandra, son James,
and daughter Sarah. live in Camberley, Surrey,
England. James B. Kent '62, is vice president of
Mackintosh Consultants, Inc., in Saratoga, CA.
Charles Luman '62, is a manager with ADC Tele­communications.
He lives in Roseville, MN.
\¥.liter F. Patterson '62, is a manager of inter­national
sales of both Fauldess and Weber Knapp.
He lives in Evansville, IN. Peter Reitz '62, has
been appointed secretary general of Care Inter­national
which is headquartered in Paris. William
A. Rosenthal '62, is president of The Warbler
Group. He lives in New York City. \¥.Illis R.
Sanborn '62, is a sales manager with Cen-tex
Rental Centers. He lives in Taylor, TX. Titus R.
Trumbower '62, is a retired manufacturer's repre­sentative
and lives in Santa Rosa, CA. Thomas
M. Zacharias '62, is self-employed as a consult­ant
in Washington DC and lives in Herndon, VA.
John W. Ziebarth '62, is a parmer of Lexington
Associates. He lives in New York City.
Class of
1963
Thomas H. Aageson '63 , received the Liberty
Bell Award from the New London County Bar
Association for his work founding the Martin
House, an ecumenical, nonprofit home for the
needy in Connecticut. Philip R. Miller '63, is
manager, traffic and transportation, with Pozzi
Window Co. He lives in Bend, OR.
Class of
1964
\¥.Ide H. Collins '64, is a vice president of
commodity trading with Drexel Burnham
Lambert, Inc. He lives in Overland Park, KS.
O'Donel B. Duggan '64, is with the new accounts
department of Pima Savings. He lives in Tucson,
AZ. Clayson W. Lyman '64, is director of mar­keting
for Hughes Development Corp. He lives
in Glendora, CA. William e. Murff '64, is a
product manager with Armco, Inc. He lives in
Houston, TX. Roger W. Stevens '64, is self­employed
as an insurance agent with Stevens
Associates. He lives in Naperville, IL. Edward
M. Vardon Jr. '64, owns Execu-Space. He lives
in Winnetka, IL.
Class of
1965
Robert W. Gowland '65, is with Goodyear
Lastikleri T.A.S., and has been transferred from
Brussels to Istanbul. Theodore Paulos '65, is a
general sales manager with TelAmerica. He lives
in Farmington, UT. I.e. Schwab '65, is a general
manager with Piper Aircraft Corp. He lives in
Vero Beach, FL.Jerald B. Tincher '65, is in sales
with Indy Rubber Production. He lives in indian­apolis.
Clarke L. Todd '65, is a sales consultant
with Executive Recruiter. He lives inJacksonville,
FL. William W. Venable '65, is a senior vice
preSident with Societe Generale, a French bank
in New York City Donald E. Whisman '65, is
deputy director of purchasing for Howard Hughes
Medical Institute.
Class of
1966
Joseph F. Burke '66, is renewing his contract as
Marketing and Management Advisor for the
Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme, Nairobi.
Peter X. Hahn '66, is sales representative for
Fitzpatrick's Interior Service Specialists, Inc. in
Rochester, NY James A. Hyland '66, is southwest
district manager for Steiner Corp. He lives in
Salt Lake City H.e. Rudisill II '66, is co-owner
of Village inn. He lives in Lenox, MA, and offers
a 30 percent discount to any T'bird who comes
in to the Village Inn. Phillip B. White '66, owns
Phillip B. White Associates. He lives in La
Grange, IL, and would like to hear from any
T'bird manufacturers.
Class of
1967 • November 13-15, 1987
Gary S. Ambrose '67, is a marketing manager
with Bacon-Universal. He lives in Honolulu.
Anthony W. Bowman '67, is director of domes-
Donald Groves '49 Peter Reitz '62
tic sales with Bell & Howell Co. He lives in Ann
Arbor, MI. William E. Bradford '67, is a mar­keting
manager with Knauf Fiberglass. He lives
in Greenwood, IN . Thomas E. Cantwell Jr. '67,
is a national accounts vice preSident for the
American Express Co. He lives in Wheaton, IL.
William E. Handford '67, is self-employed in
real estate consulting. He lives in Vienna, VA.
Thomas J . Hartmann '67, is with H & H
Medical. He lives in Mobile, AL.James R.
Kisting '67, is a controller with Classified Insur­ance.
He lives in Waukesha, WI. John T.
McDermid '67, is self-employed as a marriage
and family counselor. He lives in Fort Pierce,
FL. John A. McQuilkin '67, is a senior vice pres­ident
with Frontier Capital Management Co. He
lives in Wayland, MA. Harry R. Struthers '67,
is general manager of Gaylord Container Co. He
lives in Wilmington, DE. Joseph e. Weivoda '67,
is with the Rochester School District. He lives in
Rochester, MN.
Class of
1968
Richard R. Buglewicz '68, is a commercial agent
with Payne & Associates. He lives in Scottsdale,
AZ. John W. DickinsonJr. '68, is a senior sales
representative with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
He has been transferred to Akron, OH, after
twelve years in Mexico, Panama, and Peru. Bert
Y. Hollansky '68, is an account executive for
Prudential-Bache Securities. He lives in Colum­bus,
IN . David L. Long '68, is a manager of
housing customer service with General Develop­ment
Corp. He lives inJensen Beach, FL. Norman
L. Michaud '68, is the owner of Trailer Co. He
lives in Bakersfield, CA. Dorsey B. Ray '68, is
president of Inssco. He lives in Houston. Joseph
H. Ringer '68, is a senior vice preSident and
senior credit officer with First City Bank West­heimer.
He lives in Houston. Alexander M.
Roberts Jr. '68, is a general manager with Amer­ican
Thpe AdvertiSing Inc. He lives in Hialeah,
FL. James A. Strunk '68, is a product and sales
manager with Electronics Corp. of America. He
lives in South Hamilton, MA.James G. Vardon
'68, is a consultant with-Foster Sound. He lives
in Winnetka, IL. Donald M. \¥.Iters '68, is self­employed
with Waters Consultants. He lives in
San Diego, CA.
Class of
1969
John W. Arnold '69, is a lending officer with
Bank of America. He has a daughter, Lindsay,
who was born in October 1984. They live in
Danville, CA. H.J . Browning '69, has started a
new business, impex, which imports pruning and
horticultural equipment. He lives in West Bend,
WI. Monico R. Espinosa '69, has retired and
lives in Mesa, AZ. Michael R. Garrett '69, is
with American First Credit Union and lives in
Syracuse, UT. Brian W. Gauler '69, recendy con­ducted
a workshop in international marketing
at the University of Wisconsin. He is interna­tional
marketing manager for OCV Control
Valves in Tulsa, OK. John Y.Jones '69, is a vice
president with Kyowa Bank Ltd. He lives in
Houston, TX. Dale P. Kernes '69, is with Guar­anteed
Mutual. He lives in San Diego. Kathleen
Kidder '69, has opened a new business in New
Jersey which sets up programs in American cul­ture
and English as a Second Language for inter­national
firms. Ronald L. McKerahan '69, is a
vice president/international with MEM Co., Inc.
He lives in Hillsdale, N]. Cary D. Morton '69,
is preSident of Pine Avenue Marina, inc., boat
sales/service/storage, in Anna Maria, FL. John e.
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Polhemus '69, is managing director of Goodyear
International Corp. He and his wife, Mary, live
in Malaysia where they were transferred after five
years in The Philippines. Kenneth H. Robbins
'69, is an account executive with Hallmark Cards,
Inc. He lives in Coral Springs, FL. Ronald).
Rowland '69, is a sales representative with
Cummins Engine Co., Inc. He lives in Benton,
Arkansas. Anthony R. Trow '69, is vice president
of marketing with Landscape Structures, Inc. He
lives in Minnetonka, MN. Peter F. Wehmann '69,
has been appointed director of public informa­tion
at Old Dominion University. He lives in
Norfolk, VA.
Class of
1970
Thomas). Atkins '70, is a district manager with
Cahners Publishing. He lives in St. Charles, IL.
Keith S. Bean '70, has opened an insurance com­pany,
Keith S. Bean Insurance. He lives in Seattle.
Eugene Brassard '70, is president and chief exec­utive
officer of Friendly House, a social service
agency providing immigration assistance in
Phoenix. A.L. Cheek III '70, is regional sales
directorfLatin America for IntercontinentalJet
Inc. He lives in Farmers Branch, TX. Francisco
Drohojowski '70 , is a vice president of cor­porate
finance with Salomon Brothers, Inc. in
New York City. A.R. Erickson '70, is president
of Erickson-Fuller Corp. and has started a new
property management company, Aspen Resort
Accommodations. He lives in Aspen, CO. Carlton
Bernard Foust '70, is a group account director
for J. Walter Thompson in Madrid, Spain. Moses
p. HarrisJr. '70, is managing director of the
National Port Authority of Liberia. H. Michael
Harvey '70, is president of Michael Harvey Enter­prises
in Omaha. Charles E.Johanson '70, is
self-employed as a lawyer and lives in Austin,
TX. Charles L.Johnston III '70, is a vice presi­dent
of investments with Dean Witter Reynolds.
He lives in Napa, CA. David T. Kaveny '70, is
first vice president with American Express Bank
Ltd. He lives in Hong Kong. Arthur V. McKenna
'70, is a vice president with First Boston Corp.
He lives in Manhasset, NY Walter H. Nagel,Jr.
'70, is president of Natcom International, an
export management company located in Akron,
Ohio. He is also an adjunct professor at Baldwin­Wallace
College and has written a book on
export marketing. Robert E. O'Neill '70, is a
senior buyer with Marathon Electric Manufactur­ing.
He lives in Wausau, WI. G.S. Root '70, is
preSident of Noah Development Corp. He lives in
Boca Raton, FL Thomas B. Sanders '70, is a
lecturer at the University of Wyoming and is
finishing his Ph.D. in Finance at the University
of Colorado. He lives in Fort Collins, CO. David
E. Shaffer '70, is international sales manager of
Ditch Witch International, Inc. in Perry, OK.
Tucker B. TeutschJr. '70, is a real estate agent
and lives in Talent, OR. Eric W. Van Wegen '70,
is self-employed as a paint contractor. He lives
in Warrenton, VA. William Charles Walker '70,
is a vice president at Harris Bank International
Corp. in New York. He lives in Westport, CT.
Charles W. Westerlund '70, is an agent with
New Thrk Life Insurance Co. He lives in Phoenix.
Charles H. Wood '70, is a professor at the Uni­versity
of Florida. He lives in Gainesville, FL
Class of
1971
Thomas Cleveland '71, was featured in an article
in the Puget Sound Business Journal in March. He
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is president of Gibraltar Savings of Washington.
William M. Funk III '71, is manager, far east/
Australasia with Petersen International Corp.
He and his wife, Catherine, live in Thipei, Thiwan.
Helen D. Hachem '71, is a fund raiser with the
Cultural Arts Foundation. She and her husband,
Khahil '72, live in River Forest, IL. Estuardo
Herrera-Guirola '71, is in international sales and
marketing with Manitowoc Equipment Works.
He lives in Two Rivers, WI. William R. Hubbard
'71, is executive vice preSident of the London
operations of Newcomb Securities Co., Inc. He
lives in London. Mark Kevin '71, is preSident
of Client Management Systems, Inc. He and his
wife, Michele, live in Van Nuys, CA. John H.
Latham '71, is vice president of marketing and
sales at RKT Computer Services Ltd. in Ontario,
Canada. Charles B. Malone '71, is a senior
director of corporate sales with Flying Tiger Line.
He lives in Redondo Beach, CA. Gareth E.
Newell '71, is an investment banker with Citibank,
N .A. He lives in New York City. Hal G. Reid 71,
is a vice preSident of real estate with Arby's, Inc.
He and his wife had their. third child in March.
They live in Lilburn, GA. He recently hired John
Speirs '86.Karl S. Reiner ' 71, is a director/Gulf
Region, with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
He lives in Fairfax, VA. James A. Riggs '71, is
president of Riggs Export. He lives in Wads­worth,
OH. R. L. Rigney '71, is a vice president
with Bankers Trust Co. He lives in North Thrry­town,
NY Leith A. Swanson '71, is a commer­cial
real estate investment broker with Marcus
&: Millichap Inc. He lives in San Diego, CA.
Robert D. Thomas '71, is a teacher in the Sunny­side
School District. He lives in Tucson, AZ.
George B. Turner '71, is a department manager
with Planet Insurance Co. He lives in Honolulu.
Aloysio Vasconcellos '71, is vice president in
charge of business development/special trans­actions
of the Private Banking Group, South
America, based in New York. G. William
Vaughan ' 71, has joined the Faulkner Company
in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner
recently referred to him as one of the top com­mercial
real estate brokers in downtown Los
Angeles. David P. Williams '71, is senior super­visor
of Material and logistics with Garrett
Turbine Engine Co. He lives in Mesa, AZ.James
A. Wood '71, is director/preconstruction and
development with Hunt Cor, Inc. in Phoenix.
Class of
1972
Paul V. Ackerman '72, is chief of economic
analysis with Maritime Administration. He lives
in Vienna, VA. George G. Adam '72, is a con­troller
with Blue Star Line, Inc. He lives in San
Rafael, CA. George A. Crane '72, is a brigade
executive officer with the U.S. Army. He and his
wife, Madette, live in Phoenix. John Crooks '72,
is a director of international operations with
Houston Engineers, Inc., and says, "the business
education from Thunderbird has been a big
help." William H. Davis '72, is self-employed
and lives in East Amherst, NY Richard M.
Delaney '72, is a vice preSident with Lane Finan­cial.
He lives in Wheaton, IL Lawrence T.
Driskell '72, is self-employed at Findlay Galleries
in New York. Thomas D. Dugan '72, is director
of Vitrese Electronics. He lives in Camarillo,
CA. Robert Gewald '72, is a chief financial
officer with Shakey's International in San Fran­cisco.
Eugene]. HaasJr. '72, was married in
November 1986. He and his wife,Jean Ann, live
in Milwaukee, WI. Herbert L. Harris '72, is a
marketing manager with BHP Trading, Inc. He
lives in Redondo Beach, CA. Warren F. Heringer
'72, is production manager for Trees-to-Go. He
lives in Sacramento, CA. Francis B.Johnson '72,
is controller for the University of Liberia in Mon­rovia,
Liberia. Albert A. Melvin ' 72, has joined
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines as manager of marketing
and pricing-eastbound at the line's Long Beach,
California office. Cartier R. Momberger '72, is
with Terumo Corp. He lives in Elkton, MD. Joseph
A. Piela '72, is a vice president with Skorr
Steel. He lives in North Valley Stream, NY
Gayhart F. Qualley '72, is president of Amber
International. He lives in Chaska, MN.JeffreyT.
Ruby '72, is a personal financial planner with
IDS Financial Services, Inc. He lives in Irvine,
CA. Charles R. Schellenger '72, is controllerl
water technologies division with Ag-Chem
International Inc. He lives in Dousman, WI.
Robert]. Sherr Jr. '72, is a stockbroker with
Prudential Bache Securities. He lives in Mesa,
AZ. Craig G. Simio '72, is a sales representative
with McDonnell Douglas. He lives in San Rafael,
CA. Craig E. Stevenson '72, is a vice president
with Harris Trust &: Savings Bank. He lives in
Lake Forest, IL e.G. Wadas '72, is vice presi­dent
of marketing with Africana Gifts &: Shells.
He lives in Cape Coral, FLJames S. Whedbee
'72, and his wife Lily '72 have a son, now 6.
James is a senior account manager, Digital Equip­ment
Corp., in New York. Gary F. Worth '72, is
a manager with Mountain Bell. He lives in
Denver, CO. Rudolph F. Zepeda Jr. '72, has
recently been appointed director and general
manager with Banco de Venezuela. He lives in
South Miami, FL.
Class of
1973
Abdulrahman M. Al-Kadi ' 73, is self-employed
and working for the family business. He, his wife,
and their three sons live in Dammam, Saudi
Arabia. Catherine L Borges '73, is self-employed
in real estate investment. She lives in Los Angeles,
CA. Stephen M. Butler '73, is self-employed as
a PIP Printing franchise owner. He lives in
Walnut Creek, CA. Antonio L. Contreras Jr. '73,
is a manager of marketing with Sugarcane
Growers Corp. of Florida. He lives in West Palm
Beach. George I DeBakey '73, is executive
director of ADAPSO, the computer software and
services industry association. He lives in
Bethesda, MD. Dennis Ferguson-Acosta '73, is
managing director of INlAR, Hispanic American
Arts Center. INlAR received an award for excel­lence
in the arts, theater category, from the Man­hattan
Borough President. Louis A. Frey '73, is
president of Southwest Metal Products, Inc. He
recently moved to Santa Fe, NM. Thomas F.
Greer '73, is with Royal Trust Asia Ltd. He lives
in Hong Kong. Glenn E. Hamilton '73, is presi­dent
of MSC Metals Corp. and lives in Miami.
Steven L. Haynes '73, is a vice president/loan
reviewer with People's Bank. He lives in Seattle.
Isidro A. Hernandez '73, owns The Magic Sky
Gallery, a fine art gallery. He and his wife, Lyda,
live in Ranchos de Taos, NM. Timothy J . Holden
'73, is vice president/finance for Simmons Elec­tronics
USA, Inc. He lives in Oxnard, CA.
Russell W. Hooker '73, is an account manager
for Unisys Corp. and lives in San Jose, CA. David
Levy '73, is a vice preSident and director of
public affairs with the Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis. e. Ted McArthur '73, is an account
representative with DHL Worldwide Express.
He and his wife, e. Lavonne, live in Phoenix.
James S. McKnight '73, is a controller with
Laidlaw/Gas Recovery Systems. He lives in
Concord, CA. Peter R. McPhee III '73, is a
regional sales manager with Applied Micros. He
lives in Houston. Christopher T. Morrison '73,
is general manager of Omni International Hotel
in Miami. He received the Rotary International
Paul Harris Fellow award in 1986. Gerard V.
Perez '73 , is president of London Contemporary
Art. He lives in Palatine, Il. Robert F. Rose '73,
is head librarian at Pennsylvania State Universiry,
Behrend College. He lives in Erie, PA. Eugene A.
Spindler II '73, was promoted to vice president
with Johnson Wax. He lives in Mission Viejo,
CA. Frank A. Steffey ' 73, is a general manager
with Aero-Graphics. He lives in Salt Lake Ciry.
Gary G. Tillery '73, is vice president and partner
of the Townsend Agency. He lives in Waukegan,
Il. Brooks Walton '73, is manager, materials
flow division, with Pozzi Window Co. in Bend,
OR. John R. Wickersham ' 73, is president and
chief executive officer of Cone-A-Copia, Inc. He
lives in Prairie Village, KS. Phil Witherspoon
'73, is a systems analyst with National Equip­ment
Co. He lives in Albuquerque, NM.John
R. Youngken '73, is a vice president and director
of risk management with Chemical Bank. He
lives in Chappaqua, NY
Class of
1974
Stephen M. Alexander '74, is president and chief
executive officer with Helm Fertilizer Corp. He
lives in Villanova, PA. Timothy Burleigh '74, has
been named assistant regional director of U.S.
Wheat's Cairo, Egypt office where he will be
involved in wheat market development activities
in the Middle East and East Africa. Harold].
Cockrell '74, is a tax supervisor with LongView
Fibre. He lives in Boring, OR. Frank P. Conney
'74, is director of sales for Toro Co. He lives in
WestSt. Paul, MN. Brucel. Dunlap '74, isa
vice president of marketing with Great Western
Leasing Co. He lives in Sausalito, CA. William
E. Esch '74, and Sonia K. Benson were married
in February at Northwestern Bible College in
Roseville, MN. They live on Big Carnelian Lake
north of Stillwater, MN. Samson Faison III '74,
is a vice president with Morgan Guaranry Trust
Co. He lives in North Tarrytown, NY Lori M.
Mills Foster ' 74, is president of Homeward
Bound. She and her husband, Kenneth '74,
vice preSident of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., live
in Mill Valley, CA. A. Malcolm Gill '74, is an
assistant general manager with Thyssen Steel
Co. He and his wife, Anna, live in Manhattan
Beach, CA. James A. Halderman '74, is a regis­tered
representative for Darnall Kema Co., Inc.
He lives in Sacramento. Michael]. Hanrahan '74,
was appointed to marketing manager with Mitsui
O.s.K. Lines (America), Inc. in New York. Robert
]. Hendrickson '74, is preSident ofH &: S Video
International. He lives in Hollywood, CA. Jeffrey
P. Hibbitt '74, is a senior vice president with
Uoyds Bank International. He lives in Ossining,
NYJames M. Howard '74, is an oil trader with
Metallgesellschast. He lives in Houston. M.].
Hupka '74, has returned to the U.S. after an
eleven-year Asian assignment with an Exxon
affiliate. Mike is now a general accounting sec­tion
head with Exxon Coal and Minerals Co. He
and his wife,]ean, had a son, Brian, in February.
They live in Houston. Jay R. Kraner '74, is
national sales manager for Lambert Corp. He lives
in Sidney, OH.John Richard Maxwell '74, is
director of the new international development
program of the Memphis Area Chamber of Com­merce.
Kent C. Mericle '74, is a vice president/
manager with Norwest Bank International. He
lives in West Des Moines, lA. T.M. Michaelson
'74, is self-employed as an attorney with Hamil­ton,
Clarke &: Michaelson. He lives in Nampa,
!D. Keith A. Mishne '74, is international market­ing
manager for Crescent Metal Products, Inc. He
lives in Euclid, OH. Gary Montgomery '74, is
the chief capital budget analyst for the Washing­ton
State Board for Communiry College Educa­tion
and lives in Lacey, WA. He and his wife
had twins, a boy and a girl, in 1985. Richard
W. Purnell '74, is an assistant treasurer with
Joy Manufacturing Co. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
Jo Richardson-Paolucci '74, recently married
and is a creative consultant with Chesebrough­.
Ponds. She and her husband live in Monte
Carlo. John Richter '74, is with Uniroyal Plas­tics
Co. He lives in Mishawaka, IN. William
Shell '74, is an investment executive with Paine
Webber Jackson &: Curtis. He lives in Greeley,
CO. Stephen E. Shock '74, is a manager of cor­porate
production and planning with Viskase
Corp. He lives in Elk Grove Village, Il.Jim E.
Soffer '74, is self-employed and lives in Cherry
Hill, N]. David l. TraCf '74, is self-employed
with Murray, Traff Securities. He lives in Long­view,
TX. David B. Trott '74, is a marketing
manager with Ericsson Information System. He
lives in Dallas. Reed C. Walter '74, is with
Modem Telecommunications, Inc. She lives in
New York Ciry.James E. Walton '74, is preSident
ofWirtgen America, Inc. in Nashville, TN. Paul
J. Westenskow '74, is a real estate broker with
Commerce Properties, Inc. He lives in Salt Lake
Ciry. John W. Wicker Jr. '74 , is a manager of
international sales with Compugraphic Corp.
He lives in Jamaica Plain, MA. Guy E Wolfinger
'74, is a district manager with Home Buyer
Warranry. He lives in Denver. Roland S. Wuor
'74, is depury ministerlMinistry of Rural Devel­opment
for Liberia.
Class of
1975
Raymond H. Aka '75, is manager of the state
and local tax department of Motorola, Inc. He
lives in Glendale, AZ. F~ederick R. Cunliffe III
'75, is international director for Aerolyte Systems!
Clemco Industries. He, his wife Carol , and their
daughter Erika just moved to Tiburon, CA, after
five years in Singapore and more than nine years
overseas. Dominick P. DeNuzio '75, was promoted
to assistant vice president with First Federal
Savings &: Loan. He and his wife, Antoinette,
and their two children, Stephen and Gabrielle,
live in Warren, OH. Jane W. Dodson Nims '75 ,
is a marketing manager, central region, with
Reynolds Metals Co. She lives in Richmond, VA.
Gerald W. Farr '75, is a sales representative with
Sun Micro Systems. He lives in Salt Lake Ciry.
Gary D. Halbert '75, is self-employed with
ProFutures Inc. He lives in Dallas. Thomas l.
Henderson '75, has been appointed vice presi­dent
of Hoegh Lines (US) , Inc. in Oakland, CA.
Marcia M. Hollatz '75, is an account manager
for Honeywell, Inc. She lives in Deerfield, Il.
Hans Jany '75, and his wife, Ann, announce the
birth of their daughter Francesca. Anthony Lam
Keith Mishne '74 Thomas f Schields Jr. '75
'75, is an operation manager for Gold Peak Indus­tries
Ltd. in Taiwan. Christine Laning '75, lives
in Orlando, FL, where she is involved in com­mercial
real estate investment. Glenn A. Little
'75, is alive and well in Midland, Texas, where
he is CEO of Little and Co. He says, "he had a
twinge about the time we announced him
deceased, (Thunderbird Magazine, Summer '85)
but his spirit is still in Texas." Andrew Lubin '75,
is in the export/import field with Cold acre
Metals Inc. in Yardley, PA. His emphasis has
been in metals, minerals, and raw materials
trading, with a marketing concentration in India,
Pakistan, and South America. William S.
Machtiger '75, is with IMS International. He
lives in Ambler, PA. Gary E Magnuson '75, is a
financial consultant with Shearson Lehman
Brothers, Inc. He lives in Seattle, WA. William
H. Morales '75, is vice president/finance of
Richards International in Memphis. Clement M.
Ogden '75, is a director of research with Bow
Corp. He lives in New York Ciry. Mark A.
Russell '75 , is with Coopers &: Lybrand, a
systems consulting firm in Philadelphia. Thomas
E Schields '75, is director of sales and adver­tising
for Thomas Brothers Maps. He lives in
Orange, CA. Erik M. Severeid '75, is a sales
manager with Johnson &: Higgins. He lives in
Bloomfield, NJ. Brian E Snowden '75, is a sales
manager/latin America and export sales coordi­nator
with Niagra Lockport Industries, Inc. He
lives in Tallahassee, FL. David W. Swanson '75,
is president of Daavlin Co. He lives in Bryan,
OH. Robert R. Szombathy '75 , is a portfolio
manager, Europe, with Allstate Insurance. He
lives in Glenview, IL. Duane N. Talus '75, owns
Aquatic Pool Builders. He lives in Spring, TX.
Ricardo]. Terrassa '75, is an internal consultant
with Stewarts Technology. He lives in North­glenn,
CO. Jorge l. Toyofuku '75 , is a depury
managing director of International Capital Corp.,
a subsidiary of American Express Bank. He lives
in Maplewood, N]. Craig A. Vinke '75, is an
account executive with Prudential Bache Corp.
He and his wife have three children, Katie,
Allison, and Stephen. They live in South Holland,
IL. Andres Voto-Bernales '75, is marketing man­ager
for Arden Export and lives in Santuce,
Puerto Rico. Raymond o. Westbrook '75, has
come out of semi retirement to be an account
executive with Mediaworks, a computer graphics
company. He lives in Sarasota, FL. Michael].
Wilson '75, is an analyst with Science Manage­ment.
He lives in Lumberton, NC.
Class of
1976
James l. Adkisson ' 76, is a financial vice pres­ident
with Consumer Data Systems. He lives in
Oregon Ciry, OR. Kim C. Brand '76, is a
commercial real estate agent for Cusman &:
Wanke field in Torrance, CA. He and his wife,
Christina, live in Hermosa, CA. Gates G.
Brelsford '76, is manager/planning and budget
for Prairie Producing Company in Houston, TX.
Gerald A. Brunner '76, has been promoted to
vice preSident/finance of Paine Webber Interna­tional,
Inc. He lives in New York. Robert T.
Choquette '76, is a business consultant and
lives in Londonderry, NH. William D. Clements
'76, is an assistant vice president for the First
Interstate Bank of Nebraska. He lives in Omaha.
Timothy W. Cunningham '76, is a vice president
with Keystone Venture Capital Management
Corp. He lives in Chalfont, PA. George Del
Canto '76, is a manager of international finance
with AMCA Financial Services. He lives in
Fribourg, Switzerland. George Fong '76, has
returned to the Philippines and is vice president
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for finance and administration for Union Indus­tries,
Inc. and Federal Electric Co., Inc. He lives
in Makati, Manila. Steven C. Graybill '76, is a
vice president with the Taipei Branch of Bank of
America. He and his wife, Marla, live in Taipei.
Warren A. GreshamJr. '76, is director, Europe/
Africa, with International Minerals &: Chemical
Corp. He lives in Gurnee, IL. Eleanor Hamric '76,
resides in Phoenix where she is in real estate
and property management. She recently went to
Panama to crew on a 3D-foot sailboat bound for
Ecuador. Charles Johnpeter Jr. '76, is a distribu­tion
manager with Hyundai Motor America. He
lives in Marietta, GA. Bryan Manning '76, has
been promoted to director of marketing and
sales of Elmwood Sensors. The firm recently
received the President's "E" award for outstand­ing
performance in exports and export service.
Tom Garrity '83 is also employed by Elmwood.
Sara L Martin Baron '76, has two children and
lives in Orange, CA. Robert W. Nagle '76, is
with Harper &: Co. He lives in Miami. Peter G.
Nicholson '76, is a senior vice president and
marketing supervisor with Young &: Rubicam
International, Inc. He lives in Briarcliff, NY
Victoria Perea '76, is a general manager with
Pan American Industrial Group. She lives in El
Paso, TX. Barbara A. Silverman '76, is pursuing
a master's degree in recreation management at
Boston University. She lives in Stoneham, MA.
Robert L Takacs '76, is with ShearsoniAmerican
Express and lives in Roswell, GA. Louise C.
Ure '76, is a management supervisor with Foote
Cone &: Belding. She lives in San Francisco.
Niculove G. Vintila '76, has been promoted to
manager of cost accounting with Deere &: Co.
He lives in Waterloo, 1A. Gregory B. Weier '76,
is vice president and manager of Old Kent Bank
and Trust Co. He lives in Grand Haven, Ml.
Henry J. West '76, is vice preSident of sales with
Matrecs Industry, Inc. He lives in Chicago. Steven
G. Wezerek '76, is a regional manager, interna­tional,
with Kline Tool, Inc. He lives in Evanston,
IL. T.Jeffrey Whitehurst '76, is president of
CEFC/Chase Manhattan Bank. He lives in
Austin, TX. Thomas P. Yaroschuk '76, is an
associate producer with WCVB TV He lives in
Charlestown, MA.
Class of • 1977 Ch., Charles Wehrle
November 13-15, 1987
William M. Adams '77, is a program manager
with Compaq Computer Corp. He lives in
Houston. Michael]. Baker '77, was promoted
to vice president/resident manager for Prudential­Bache.
He lives in Stockton, CA. Gene L Bard
'77, is a teacher at Hickman High School. He
lives in Columbia, MO. Steven B. Boyington
'77, is a training specialist with American
Express Co. He lives in Salt Lake City. Boyd E.
Brady '77, is general manager of Brady's Interior
Design &: Florist and was the subject of a full­page
article in the Arizona Republic. He and his
wife, Sherry, live in Mesa, AZ. Michael]. Bums
'77, is employed by ComShare Inc. and lives in
Massapequa, NY Thomas Chamberlain Jr. '77, is
marketing manager for Communi print. He lives
in Miami. Edward H. Danse '77, is a marketing
manager with Bausch &: Lomb. He lives in
Rochester, NY Judith A. Dutra Axten '77, has a
2-year-old son, Matthew. They live in Old Green­wich,
CT. Susan L Duval '77, and her husband,
Jean Michel Duval, had a son, Christopher Marc,
in March. They live in Velizy, France. Victor M.
Echevarria '77, heads the Bank of Boston Interna­tional
South in Miami, Florida, and was recently
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interviewed by Miami 1Oday. Edward English
'77, has been promoted to corporate associate
vice president, operations, with FHP, Inc., a
health maintenance organization in Fountain
Valley, CA.. Cynthia Benci Gibbs '77, was
married in October 1986. She is now in market
support for IBM's artificial intelligence offerings.
She and her husband, Sam, live in Portola Valley,
CA. Charles E. Gibson '77, is with Alascom
Incorporated. He lives in Anchorage, AK. Richard
L. Gilbert '77, is self-employed with International
Inventory Management in Scottsdale, AZ.
Thomas G. Hackim '77, is a district sales man­ager
with Miller Desk and M &: H Feeding. He
lives in Altamonte Springs, FL. Thomas E Heslin
'77, owns T &: S Enterprises. He lives in Seattle,
WA. Robert W. HessonJr. '77, is president of
Medical Marketing Services. He lives in New
Orleans. Roger D. Hickman '77, is self-employed
as a State Farm Insurance representative. He
lives in Washington, IL. Patrick G. Hill '77, is a
management consultant with Touche Ross &: Co.
He lives in Bellaire, TX. Karen L. Hiner Toleto
'77, is in foreign operations with Harris GraphiCS.
She lives in Bedford, TX. M.]. Hoffman '77, is a
district attorney for San Francisco County. He
lives in San Francisco. Daisy Hsu '77, is a man­ager
of corporate and scientific programs for IBM
Taiwan Corp in Taipei, Taiwan. Ed Irons is general
manager for Quanta Industries Corp. in Taipei,
Taiwan. Jimmy E. Lilly '77, is a director of
Burroughs Corp. He lives in Troy, Ml. Thomas
G. Lindahl '77, owns Autumn Athletics, Inc.
and lives in Portland, OR. Ira London '77, is a
private business consultant. His wife, Sandy
Sanderson London '77, is manager of interna­tional
operations for Cybex. They, and their
daughter Rachel Frances, live in Northport, NY
Lewis Lucke '77, and his wife Joy Willeford
Lucke '77, have left West Africa after seven years
and moved to San Jose, Costa Rica, where he is
employed as a foreign service officer at the U.S.
Agency for International Development. Lizanne
McGlasson '77, is a general manager with Mort­gage
DlI.ta Resources in Braintree, MA. Alan].
Mellinger '77, is a sales representative with
Continental Can Co. He lives in Portland, OR.
Lorrie M. Miller Buirge ' 77, is an investment
broker with Piper Jaffrey Hopwood. She lives in
Minneapolis. James M. Moore '77, is a leaSing
officer with Manufacturers National Bank. He
lives in Birmingham, Ml. Keith D. Olson '77, is
with Reuters News Service International. He lives
in Chicago. Ashok Patel '77, has been promoted
to manager of marketing packaged goods with
Sunkist Growers, Inc. in Ontario, CA. Douglas
M. Richardson '77, is a vice president with
Southland Corp. He lives in Salt Lake City
Elizabeth H. Roberts '77, is a senior financial
analyst with the Federal Reserve Board. She
lives in Alexandria, VA. Robert M. Skidmore
'77, is a sales engineer with Hollingsead. He
lives in Mission Viejo, CA. Richard D. Spurgeon
'77, is a vice preSident/senior investment officer
with Barnett Bank. He is responsible for personal
trust portfolio management. He lives in Jackson­ville,
FL. Robin W. Steury '77, is with Barkalow
Brothers Co. He lives in Bluffton, IN. Richard L
Stevens '77, is an agent/regional representative
with Equitable Financial Group. He recently
married Donna. The couple live in Morris
Plains, NJ.James W. Stoeckel '77, is a director
of sales and manager of the Gray Falls Dodgers.
He and his wife and their four children live in
Vero Beach, FL. David L. Stone '77, is a sales
representative with Honeywell, Inc. His wife,
Julie Powell Stone '77, is advertising director of
Rotor and Wing International, a helicopter indus­try
trade journal. They live in Peoria, IL. Carolyn
C. Sudol Aurand ' 77, is a lead training analyst
with Arizona Public Service. Her husband,John
Aurand '78, is a business analyst with Honey­well,
Inc. They and their daughter, Amanda, live
in Phoenix. Max R. Tarbox '77, is an attorney
and lives in Lubbock, TX. Genaro Torres '77,
has been promoted to chain executive with Hall­mark
Cards, Inc. He lives in Portland, OR.
Stephen L Ware '77, is controller for Codon,
Inc. He lives in San Mateo, CA. John K. Wilson
'77, is an operations manager with Merrill Lynch.
He and his wife, Linda, live in Fresno, CA.].M.
Winfield '77, is a marketing vice president for
Alta Health Strategies, Inc. He lives in Salt Lake
City. Albert]. Wright '77, is a banker with
Shearson Lehman Bros. He lives in Colts Neck,
NJ Richard E Zapsic '77, is a contract admin­istrator
with Stone &: Webster Engineering Co.
He lives in Aliquippa, PA.
Class of
1978
Byron W. Battles '78, is with Marketing Programs
&: Services Group. He lives in Seabrook, MD.
David L. Brothers '78, after five years as a self­employed,
independent contractor for the U.S.
Army in Bavaria, Germany, is moving to Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia as an instructor with Vinnell Corp.
He will be working with the Saudi Arabian
National Guard Modernization Project. Thomas
P. Carlin '78, is president of Carlin Associates,
a firm that custom designs credit training and
risk management programs for the financial
services industry. He lives in New York. Thomas
R. Cath '78, is a director of career planning and
placement, and men's tennis coach, at DePauw
University. He and his wife, Allison, and their
sons William and James, live in Greencastle, IN.
Barbara M. Damm McKinney '78, is manager of
finance and administration with Donner Moun­tain.
She lives in San Francisco with her husband,
John McKinney '78, vice preSident marketing,
Bank of America. Anne M. Drayton '78, is in
sales and marketing with Cunard Line Ltd., a
cruise line. She is living in New York City. John
]. Ford '78, is in export sales with Graber
Industries. He lives in Madison, WI. Michael E
Garth '78, is a loan officer with the Colorado
State Employees Credit Union. He lives in West­minster,
CO. Stephen B. Gasser '78, is Far East
area manager for Scientific Medical. He lives in
Redmond, WA. Richard]. Gibson '78, is self­employed
as an associate with Gibson &: Gibson.
He lives in Newbury Park, CA. Per Anders Hem
'78, is now Eastern Europe commercial manager
for Norsk Hydro. He lives with his wife and four
children in Oslo, Norway. Michele Sinclair
Hutchinson '78, is self-employed as a CPA. She
lives in Downey, CA. Russell C. Immermann
'78, is a vice president with Heritage Interna­tional
Bank. He lives in Mclean, VA. Michael
]. Johnson '78, is a vice president with First
National Bank of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.
Scott A. Johnson '78, is self-employed as an
attorney. He lives in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Carel
Jongbloed '78, has a new daughter named
Violette Anne. Gregory R. Joslyn '78, is vice
president and general manager for Westcare. He
lives in Newport Beach, CA. Robert B. Landis
'78, is a vice president with DeutscheBank. He
lives in New York City. James Anthony Lavorato
'78, is a vice president with Mellon Bank in
Pittsburgh, PA. He lives in Upper St. Clair, PA.
Mark A. Lindblad '78, has been promoted to
sales manager with Dun &: Bradstreet Corp. He
and his wife, Katy, have a son, Dane, and had
another baby in March. They live in Minne­apolis,
MN. Nancy E. Lueck Zeitz '78, is a
group marketing manager with PepsiCo, Inc.
She lives in Bedford, TX.Justin M. McCarthy
'78, is a manager of marketing with Unit Drop
Forge Co., Inc. He lives in Milwaukee. Ralph B.
Mcintyre '78, is China coordinator with the
international division of Mine Safety Appliances.
He lives in Brownsville, PA. Paul D. Miller '78,
is president of Donelan De-Mar Inc., an import
firm. He lives in Washington, D.C. Randall E.
Pike '78, has returned after six years in Mexico
City and is now a vice president with Conti­nental
Bank. He and his wife, Terri, and their
daughter, Carrie, live in New York City. Don R.
Rainwater '78, is president of Southwest Incen­tive.
He lives in Richardson, TX. Tod Rankin
'78, is a national account manager with ClarkLift,
Los Angeles. He lives in Diamond Bar, CA.
Thomas C. Reycraft '78, is a director of market­ing
with MacMillan Publishing. He lives in
Pelham, NY Naomi Krichmar Ritchie '78, and
her husband are with the U.s. Embassy in Brazil.
She, her husband, and two children live in
Brasilia. Brent A. Roseberry '78, is a manager
of maintenance service plan with Garrett Turbine
Engine Co. He lives in Mesa, AZ. M. G. Shetty
'78, is a commercial division vice president with
First City National Bank, Houston. He lives in
Houston. Janice L Stavely '78, is executive
director of Treescarte, Dallas. She lives in
Dallas. Douglas L Stewart '78, is a general man­ager
with Tobutau America Corp. He lives in
Huntington Beach, CA. Klaus K. Stoehr '78, is a
senior business analyst with Siemens Medical
Systems. He lives in Lebanon, NY Michael
Taverner '78, is a manager for PepsiCo Inc. He
lives in Norwalk, CT. M.A. Udvardy '78, is a
sales representative with Industrial Paper Distrib­utors,
Inc. He lives in San Pedro, CA. Nelson
R. Virden '78, is self-employed in construction.
He lives in Jackson, MS. Thomas E. Waldorf '78,
is with the Montana Public School System,
Bozeman School District. He lives in Bozeman,
MT. Albert]. Waszok '78, is an assistant vice
president of American International Group, Inc.
and lives in Wheaton, IL. Gilbert V. Young '78,
is a manager, international supply and distribu­tion,
with Diamond Shamrock Corp. He lives in
San Francisco.
Class of
1979
Brian L Ballard ' 79, is an English professor at
Midwestern University. He lives in Wichita Falls,
TX.Joseph Bartush '79, is executive vice pres­ident
of Directorate. His daughter, Katherine
Christine, was born in January. They live in
Dallas. R.E. Bredenberg ' 79, is an ESL Specialist
with Harper &: Row Publishers. He lives in Long
Beach, CA. Steve W. Brown '79, has been pro­moted
to second vice president for Northern
Trust Co. in New York. Jim L Clyde '79, is a
manager of business development with Garrett
AiResearch. He lives in Palos Verdes, CA. William
W. Cone '79, is in corporate sponsorships, mar­keting
division of the Commission on the Bicen­tennial
of the United States Constitution. He
lives in Washington, D.C. William Cooney III
'79, is a senior marketing consultant with Digi­tal
Equipment Corp. Damian L Gagnon '79, is
with Leon Tempelsman &: Son. He and his wife,
Jeanne-Marie, live in Scarsdale, NY Douglas R.
Gerber '79, is a manager of consumer and fmisher
markets for Kodak Taiwan. He lives in Taipei,
Thiwan. Martha Gibson Stair '79, recently
returned from Brazil where she enjoyed seeing
other T'birds. She is now a senior account super­visor
with the Cherenson Group. She lives in
South Orange, N]. Alexander Von Gimbut '79,
is ocean export supervisor for Kuehne Nagel. He
writes that he is a grandfather for the third time
and lives in Tiburon, CA. Phillip Harvard '79, is
with Sodimer S.A., a French import/export firm
in Nieul-Sur-Mer, France. Eric Herkens '79, and
Vera d'Hoine were married in June 1986. Eric
is a legal counsel, Europe, for Digital Equipment
Corporation International. They live in Geneva,
Switzerland. Daniel T. Holstein '79, is a senior
account representativelEDP with Unisys. He
lives in Covina, CA. Bill Hsu '79, is director of
Famwealth International, Inc. in Taipei, Taiwan.
The company specializes in the manufacture,
export and import of pottery arts. Ann L
Huseman '79, works in admissions at Good
Samaritan Hospital. She lives in Cincinnati, OH.
Janelle LJarous '79, is a fashion designer with
Alcott &: Andrews. She lives in New York City.
C. Henry Longmire '79, is vice president of Bank
of Boston. He and his wife, Mary, live in Burling­ton,
MA. Robert Mallott '79, and his wife,
Laiyee, had a son, Ian Si, in February. They live
.in Chillicothe, OH. Curtis L Markel '79, is a
marketing sales manager with BioStar Medical
Products. He lives in Louisville, CO. Drew A.
Martin '79, is a senior credit analyst with Cali­fornia
Commerce Bank. He lives in San Jose, CA.
Thomas W. McNally '79, is a senior vice presi­dent
with Interunion Corp. He lives in Norcross,
GA. George L Miller '79, is with Anderson, Mori
&: Robinowiu. He lives in Tokyo. Christopher
John Nagel '79, is vice president/commercial
development of Servrite International, an inter­national
dairy and beverage systems company.
He lives in Bronxville, NY Jorge o. Pena '79, is
a disbursement officer for World Bank Corp. He
lives in Silver Spring, MD. James A. Persenda
'79, is an assistant vice preSident with Philadel­phia
National Bank. He lives in Atlantic City,
N]. David W. Pinaire '79, is a senior product
support representative with Caterpillar Overseas,
S.A. in Geneva. Edward W. Pittman '79, is a
marketing manager with Carraro Graphic Equip­ment.
He lives in Woodcliff, N].]. M. Polhemus
'79, has been promoted to vice preSident and
chief dealer with Interfirst Bank, Dallas. He lives
in Dallas. Stuart L. Radnofsky '79, is operations
manager for Polaroid's Consumer Optical
Products Europellnternational Division. He and
his wife, Bente, live in England. Rajiv Rastogi
'79, is coordinator of international projects for
Stone &: Webster Security Corp. He lives in
Woodridge, IL.]. A. Resly '79, is a retail market­ing
manager for Wilson Foods Corp. He and his
wife, Diane, live in Edmond, OK. Jeffrey J . Rinz
'79, is a commodity trader with AJC Interna­tional,
Inc., and his wife Blossom Banks Rinz
'79, is an assistant vice preSident/funds manager
with the First National Bank of Atlanta. They
live in Atlanta. Steven A. Rosco '79, is an indus­trial
real estate specialist with Burke and Parmers,
Inc. in Irvine, CA. He lives in Fullerton, CA.
Gary L. Rose '79, owns North American Lumber
International, a Portland-based company that
exports lumber to the Far East and Europe. He
is also president of the Pacific.Lumber Exporters
Association. Jane E. Ross '79, is a program coor­dinator
with the Armed ServiceslYMCA. She
lives in Derry, NH. Harlan Schottenstein '79, is
with EN BE Ltd. in Columbus, OH. He and his
wife had their second child, Reva Valentina, in
December 1986. Donn H. Sherrill '79, is a
regional manager, Latin America, with Sybron
Corp. He lives in Miami. John S. Sieh '79, was
recently selected to appear in the Who's Who oj
California in 1987. He is an export manager for
Deutsch Company in Banning, CA. Gail D.
Susik '79, is a manager of merchandising with
Mattel, Inc. She lives in Mission Viejo, CA. Debra
A. Thomas '79, is an assistant vice president
with Bank of America. She lives in Del Mar, CA.
Kathy E. Thomas '79, is with California Adver­tising
Service. She lives in Napa, CA. Robert
Domingo Trisciuzzi '79, is a representative with
MHT Co. He lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Theodorus
C.M. van der Loo '79, and his wife, had a son,
Philipe Adrianus, in May 1986. They live in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Patricia E. Voss '79, is merchan­dising
and sales manager with Brown-Forman
Distillers. She lives in Louisville, KY Bob Wu
'79, is president of Acteevo International Co.,
Ltd. He and his wife, Margaret, live in Taiwan.
John E. Yiannakakis '79, is a financial planning
manager for Sunstrand Trubomach. He lives in
San Diego, CA.
Class of
1980
William Beaty '80, is general manager of Jockey
International, Inc. He and his wife, Luchy, live
in Jamaica. Katherine L. Bloor Baroni '80, is
with Grey Advertising, Inc. and lives in Oakland,
CA. Moha Bouacha '80, is a student at North­western
University. He lives in Evanston, IL.
Richard D. Boyles '80, has been promoted to
managing director with Intermec Strichcode
Systeme. He and his wife, Pamela, live in Bad
Hamburg, West Germany. Peter ButtrossJr. '80,
is a trust officer for Deposit Guaranty National
Bank. He lives in Natchez, MS. H.K. Cabell '80,
is a consultant for the Alabama International
Trade Center. She lives in Tuscaloosa, AL. Lynda
]. Clugston '80, was recently promoted to market­ing
director with The Willard Inter-Continental
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Hotel in Washington D.C. C. Ross Croulet 'SO,
is an evaluator of income-generating projects for
Foster Parents Plan International in East Green­wich,
RI. Christopher R. Davenport 'SO, is a
systems analyst with Rubicon Corp. He lives in
Richardson, TX. Louis R. Davis II 'SO, is a sales
representative with Stone Container Corp. He
and his wife had a baby girl, Lacey, in May 19S5.
They live in Roswell, GA. Kent V. Erickson 'SO,
is the food and beverage director at the Carefree
Inn. He lives in Scottsdale, AZ.. Sheldon H. Finch
'SO, and his wife, Laurel Haniman Finch 'SO,
live in Melbourne, Australia. Laurel is an equities
dealer with Clarke Vickers, the stockbrokerage
arm of Citibank N.A. Paul Fox 'SO, is copy editor/
photographer for the rokyo Journal, a monthly
English-language city magazine in Tokyo.
Melanie Hackett Franko 'SO, is in interest rate
swaps with Security Pacific National Bank. Her
husband, Robert '79, is director of Canary Wharf
Development Co. They live in London. David R.
Frediani 'SO, is resident vice president for Johnson
&: Higgins in Mexico City. Charlotte A. Gregory
'SO, is a loan examiner with Marine Midland
Bank, N.A. She lives in Maplewood, N]. Toufic
R. Hamaoui 'SO, is an assistant vice president
with Union Bank of the Middle East. His wife,
Elizabeth Schwartz Hamaoui 'SO, is an assistant
product manager with Thomas]. Lipton. They
live with their daughter, Kristen, in Bloomfield,
N]. Robert L. Hier 'SO, is an assistant vice
president/global custody division with State
Street Bank and Trust in Boston, MA. He joins
the only other T'bird at State Street Bank, Tim
Caverly, '79. Joseph D. Howell 'SO, has been
promoted to vice president with Wells Fargo
Realty Advisors. He lives in San Antonio, TX.
Gerrit A. Huisstede 'SO, is an assistant vice pres­ident
with First Bank Minneapolis. He lives in
Bloomington, MN. Robert]. Hunt 'SO, is now a
movie star. He portrays a bad-guy-wrestling­promoter
in the movie Ninja Warrior, in which
he is also an investor. In addition to running
System Design, his own computer systems bus­iness
in Phoenix, he has a karate studio with
about 35 students. EugeneJan 'SO, is with the
Institute of Securities Market Development,
R. O. C. in Taipei, Taiwan. Thomas P.Jordan
'SO, is president ofJordan Granite &: Marble. He
lives in San Antonio, Texas. Robert W. Kerwin
Jr. 'SO, is transferring from New Zealand to
Melbourne, Australia, with]. Walter Thompson
Advertising International where he is a group
account director. Bob's wife, Mary Satre Kerwin
'Sl, writes that their daughter, Laura Evelyn, was
born in November 19S6. Richard W. Lambright
'SO, is a staff accountant with Kenneth Leventhal
Co. He lives in Miami. Erik R. laPrade 'SO, is
in marketing with Fuller Brush Co. He lives in
Westwood Hills, KS.JeffR. Larsen 'SO, is an
assistant vice preSident with Johnson &: Higgins
in Tokyo,Japan. Laurence M. Levett 'SO, is in
medical school in the Dominican Republic.
Charles W. Li 'SO, is in import/export with SST
Trade &: Development. He lives in Maplewood,
N]. Desiree Finn Mannel 'SO, is an assistant vice
president and commercial loan officer with 'klley
National Bank. R. Niels Marquardt 'SO, is a staff
assistant to the Secretary of State for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs. He and his wife,Judi Scoles
Marquardt 'SO, have two children. In September
they will be moving to Bangkok, where Niels
will serve as Labor Attache and Economic Offi­cer
in the embassy. Michael McCallum 'SO, and
his wife, Celia 'S2, and their son, lan, have
returned from Brazil. Michael is a director of
corporate accounts with BerlitzlMacmillan Pub­lishing,
and Celia is an audit officer with First
National Bank of Chicago. They live in Maple­wood,
N]. Barbara A. Mertz 'SO, is an admin­istrative
manager with David Oppenheimer Cali-
18 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
fornia , Inc. She lives in Fresno, CA. Patricia
Maria Mira 'SO, is an insurance underwriter for
Allstate Insurance in Boca Raton, FL. She lives
in Miami. Ruja Modabber Nothaft 'SO, is a real
estate agent. She and her husband had their
second child in April. They live in LaJolla, CA.
Rita K. Paradise Moss 'SO, is a commercial bank
loan analyst with Comerica Bank in Detroit. She
and her husband, H. Gene, live in Birmingham,
MI. Shigemichi Nakano 'SO, is with Molex
Taiwan. He lives in Taipei, Taiwan. Susan Wood
Newman 'SO, had a daughter, Sara Nicole, in
February. Kevin E Oakley 'SO, is an international
compensation analyst with Phillips Petroleum
Co. He lives in Bartlesville, OK. Joseph A.
O'Neill 'SO, is director of saleslFar East with
Andrew Jergens Co. He and his wife, Amy, had
a son in December 19S6. They live in Cincin­nati,
OH.Jan E. Parsons 'SO, is a graduate
student at Garrett Evangelical Theological Sem­inary
He lives in Chicago. Charles A. Phillips
'SO, is chief financial officer with Samaritan
Health Services. He has a daughter, Nicole, and
he and his wife are expecting another child in
June. He and his family live in Phoenix. Emily
M. Rainey 'SO, is a training coordinator with
Dotson Inst.lPersonal Computing. She lives in
Seattle, WA. Maria C. Rebeck Blair 'SO, was pro­moted
to senior staff analyst with Allstate Insur­ance.
She and her husband live in Shaumburg,
IL. They had their first child in May Torodd S.
Reiersen 'SO, manages his own business, a med­ical
equipment sales firm . He and his wife, Nora,
and their three children live in Oslo, Norway.
Randy M. Riddell 'SO, lives in North Lake Thhoe,
CA. where he owns an auto parts store. Mark A.
Roche 'SO, is an assistant vice president with the
First National Bank of Chicago. He lives in
Naperville, IL. Diane S. Rothstein 'SO, is an
assistant vice president/cash management sales
with First National Bank of Chicago. She lives
in Evanston, lL.Julie C. Salmon 'SO, is an assis­tant
vice president with Citicorp. She lives in
Sunnyside, NY W.men A. Solochek 'SO, is a
market researcheI'with Information Resources,
Inc. His son, Benjamin, was born in October
19S6. They live in Highland Park, IL. Andrew V.
Stadler 'SO, is president of Vita jet Precision
Instruments. He lives in San Marino, CA. Shankar
Sundaram 'SO, is a business executive/manager
of business development with Amalgamations,
Ltd. He lives in Madras, India. Gustavo A.
TeranJr. 'SO, is an assistant vice president at
United Bank of Arizona. He lives in Scottsdale.
Dominique Thisse 'SO, is a logistics manager
with Roussel Et Cie. He and his wife, and their
children, Anne and Francois, live in Melun
Cedex, France. He is president of Thunderbird
Alumni Association of Europe, France. Mark A.
Treadaway 'SO, is an account supervisor with
Rosenthal, Greene, &: Campbell. He lives in
Washington, DC. Christine A. Bell Tuck 'SO,
has a new son, Nathan Alan Tuck, born Octo-ber
10, 19S6. Edmundo Valente 'SO, is with
Merrill Lynch and lives in Brazil. Fred H.
Valentine 'SO, is a contract training manager with
Business Institute of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.
Linda]. Valentini 'SO, is an assistant vice pres­ident
with Rhode Island Hospital Trust National
Bank. She lives in Newport, Rhode Island. Martha
R. von Hillebrandt 'SO, has been promoted to
vice preSident with Continental Bank. She and
her husband, Robert Whittington, had a daughter,
Anna Marie, in November 1986. Daniel \¥.igster II
'SO, has been selected vice president and chief
financial officer of Calgene Inc. , Sacramento,
CA. Robert L. \¥.ilter 'SO, is vice president of
Monsanto Co. He lives in St. Louis. Richard A.
White 'SO, is a vice president of sales with
Electro Controls. He lives in West Valley City,
OT Thomas R. Williams 'SO, has been promoted
to vice preSident of Security Pacific Merchant
Banking Group. He lives in Mill 'kiley, CA. Robert
K. Williamson 'SO, is a marketing manager with
Kodak Philippines. He and his wife had their
second son in September 19S6. Since graduation
they have lived in four countries, on three conti­nents
and one island. They live in Manila.
Charles D. Wunsch 'SO, is in commercial real
estate services with Coldwell Banker. His wife,
Susan James Wunsch 'SO, is with Tennant Co.
They live with their daughter, Melissa Rose, in
Minneapolis. Michael]. Ziemba 'SO, is with ESL
Language Center and lives in Houston.
Class of
1981
Adelaida Adduru-Bowrnan 'Sl, married Frederick
Bowman in Hong Kong. They reside in Seattle,
Washington, where Adelaida is vice president of
Triad Traders, Inc. Philip Auerbach 'Sl, is self­employed
in marketing and lives in San Fran­cisco.
Cheryl G. Mullikin Bastian 'Sl, is a
marketing manager with Perkin Elmer Corp.
She lives in Costa Mesa, CA.John M. Beaman
'Sl, is a vice president at Banque Paribas. He
lives in Miami. Jonathan M. Berman 'Sl, is an
operations strategist for Caterpillar Tractor Co.
He lives in Concord, OH. Serge]. Bernasconi
'Sl, is eastern division sales manager at Ortho
Pharmaceutical Corp. He has a new son, M!!.rc,
and lives in Skillman, N]. Christian M. Bertetto
'Sl, is a regional manager with Sae-Ceffim, a
development firm. He and his wife, Zetty, live in
Villepreux, France. Barbara Bibas Montero 'Sl,
is a director of marketing with Coopers &:
Lybrand. She had her first child.Jenna Marie,
in October 19S6. They live in Coral Gables, FL.
Javier Bigas 'Sl, is a commercial director for
Redcar, S.A., a car accessories company. He lives
in Barcelona, Spain. Alain B. Brown 'Sl, is an
account manager with Amcast Industrial Corp.
He lives in Dayton, OH. Shih 1. Chou 'Sl, is an
international banking officer with First Interstate
Bank in Taipei, Taiwan. Jerilyn Cohen 'Sl, is
practicing corporate law in Culver City, CA.
Kimberly M. Comer 'Sl, is a senior consultant
with Touche &: Ross Co. She and Dennis B.
Mulqueen were married in May. They live in
Farmington Hills, MI. Mary Beth Degroot 'Sl,
is an associate director, business development
and planning, with Colgate-Palmolive. She lives
in New York City. Sidney C. Faria 'Sl, is execu­tive
director of business development with a
Brazilian company associated with the Inspectorate
Group, Switzerland. Mark A. Friebel 'Sl, is a vice
president of research with Sharp Russel Research.
He lives in Palo Alto, CA. Edwin S. Friendly III
'Sl, is director of international sales and distri­bution
with Interaccess Film Distribution, Inc.
He lives in Los Angeles. Glen B. Hagenbach 'Sl,
is an operations manager with Sysco Corp. He
lives in Houston. Jill Heaton Gross 'Sl, is an
assistant floor manager/currency options with
Cargill Investor Services. She and Charles Gross
were married in June 19S5. They live in Chicago.
David W. Horton 'Sl, is a manager of financial
forecasting with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New
Jersey. He lives in Morris Plains, N]. Sanjiv Kapur
'Sl, is an assistant vice presidentlLatin America
with Marine Midland Bank. He lives in Catham,
N]. Bruce M. Kendrex 'Sl, has a new job as assis­tant
vice president in the capital markets group
at Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. in New York. He is
involved with sourcing, structuring and placing
private debt issues. Ignatius S. Khomasurya 'Sl,
is with Richardson Vicks Indonesia, a subsidiary
of Procter &: Gamble. He and his wife, Lyn, live
inJakarta, Indonesia. Dana Ann Kindel-Advocaat
'Sl, is a product manager for Interactive Market
Systems, a software development firm. She lives
in New York City William S. Laidlaw 'Sl, is an
area officer for Pittsburgh with Toronto Dominican
Bank. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Garry G. R. Lin
'Sl, is a manager with Taiwan First Investment
and Trust Co., Ltd. He and his wife, H. J. Hsu,
live in Taiwan. Price C. Luber 'Sl, is manager
of sales support with Sequent Computer Systems,
Inc. He lives in Portland, OR. Damien G. Meiburger
'Sl, is a vice preSident with MBank in Dallas.
He lives in Richardson, TX. Margaret A. Morris
'Sl, is an account executive with Up the Creek
Publishing. She lives in Denver. Robert A. Morris
'Sl, is a salesman Tor Triad Systems. He lives in
Arlington, VA. Thomas L. Muelling 'Sl, is a sales­man
for Abcor Steel. He lives in Brookfield, IL.
Jan William Bernard Nolst Trenite 'Sl, is an
export manager, Africa and the Far East, with
NKF Kabel B.Y He lives in Vinkeveen De The
Netherlands. Nicholas Noyes Jr. 'Sl, is a vice­consul
at the United States Department of State
in Washington, D.C. Glen Alan Parsons 'Sl, is
working toward his doctorate at the University
of Oregon. He lives in Hanford, CA. Patricia H.
Rayle 'Sl, is a headquarter sales manager with
General Electric's computer service division. She
lives in Atlanta, GA. Darrel C. Roberts 'Sl, has
received master's degrees in both Community &
Regional Planning and Latin American Studies.
He is executive director for the Greater Grants
Industrial Development Foundation. He and his
William B. Beaty '80 R. Niels Marquardt '80
Joseph A. O'Neill '80 Robert L Walter '80
Robert K. Williamson '80
wife Josefina have a new baby, Monica, who was
born in October 19S6. They live in Albuquerque,
NM. Joseph Roissier 'Sl, is a product manager
for AT&T International Inc. in Basking Ridge, Nj.
He lives in Morristown, Nj. Fukuji Saotome 'Sl,
is an export area manager, Far East, with Viskase
Corp. He lives in Wheaton, IL. Normanj. Schipull
'Sl, is with the American Institute of Free Labor
Development in EI Salvador. Dennis Schranz 'Sl,
opened the Oliver House, a 12-room bed and break­fast,
in Bisbee, AZ.. He is offering a discount to
T'birds. Barbara L. Stenger 'Sl, is a marketing
representative with IBM. She lives in Milwaukee.
Bruce W. Thomas 'Sl, is with the Bank of
America. He lives in Paris. Edwin B. Uyan 'Sl,
is a revenue officer with the Internal Revenue
Service in Houston. Sonya L. Varea 'Sl, is con­troller
of Boggiatto Packing Co., Inc., and was
recently elected to the school board. She lives in
Salinas, CA. John G. Wenker 'Sl, is a senior
auditor with Hillenbrand IndusTries, Inc. He lives
in Cincinnati, OH.Jeffrey R. Wescott 'Sl, is an
assistant vice president with Citicorp. He lives
in Chicago. Nancy Moskowitz Wiese 'Sl, is an
assistant vice president and commercial loan
officer with MeraBank. Her husband, Edward '7S,
is vice president of trading with Mercor Trading
Group. They had their first child, Sarah Elizabeth,
in August 19S6 an~ they live in Glendale, AZ..
Craig L. Wisda 'Sl, is a credit manager with
Lockheed Air Terminal. He lives in Los Angeles.
Lynn E. Wise 'Sl, has been promoted to vice
president with Admiral Packaging. She lives in
East Greenwich, RI .
Class of
1982 November D-1S, 1987
Mitchell M. Almy '82, is a stock broker with
Smith Barney Harris & Upham. His first child
was born in March. They live in Portland, OR.
Carol E. Austin 'S2, is account supervisor for
Wunderman Ricotta Kline, Inc. She lives in
Brooklyn, NY John D. Baranowski 'S2, is a field
controller for Southern Greyhound Lines Inc.
He lives in Atlanta. Shannon L. Beigert 'S2, and
Daniel Stusser were married in January Shannon
is a director of research with Vanguard Telecom­munications.
They live in Morristown, Nj.
Benjamin R. Blackburn '82, is a distributor/
business manager with Medtronic, Inc. He lives
in Boca Raton, FL. Diane]. Borhani 'S2, is with
Brooks International Corp., a consulting firm in
New Jersey. Jack W. Burlin 'S2, is an interna­tional
marketing specialist with General Dynamics
Corp. in Fort Worth, TX. Gregg P. Carroll 'S2,
is senior litigation accountant for Oppenheim,
Appel Bixon & Co. She lives in Cortlandt, NY
Chia-Hui Chan 'S2, is in market development
with the China External Trade Development
Council. He lives in Taiwan. Ben Cheng 'S2, is a
vice president of the Interalliance Bank of Zurich
in Taipei. Thomas Collet 'S2, is in hardwood
sales and marketing with Treesource in Portland,
OR. Helen Covington 'S2, is a manager/investor
services at American Exploration Co. in New
York. James P. Cunningham 'S2, is an interna­tional
account manager with a manufacturing
firm in Carroll County, GA and has appeared as
the guest author on the Opinion pages of the
Arizona Republic. Mark S. Davis 'S2, is vice pres­ident
of finance with Monarch Aviation. He lives
in Miami Shores, FL. Brian C. Dean 'S2, is an
assistant treasurer with CPC International, Inc.
He lives in New York City. Lisa A. Duret 'S2, is
an international banking officer with First Wis­consin
National Bank. She lives in Shorewood,
WI. Philip K. Ellinwood 'S2, is an accounting
and financial manager with Nevill Moving &
Storage. He and his wife, Gunita, had a son,
Nicholas, in November 19S6. They live in Santa
Clara, CA. Elizabeth Evans 'S2, is with AL Asso­ciates.
She lives in Pasadena, CA. Sara L. Flohr
'S2, is a teaching associate in the Department of
Modern Languages at Ohio University. She lives
in Portsmouth, OH. Kimberly A. Hagenbach
'S2, is a loan officer with the Bank of Boston.
She lives in Quincy, MA. Sobhi S. Haidar 'S2,
and Diane M. Healy were married in January in
Lynn, MA. Philip B. Hanson 'S2, is a regional
manager/infusion therapy with AVI, Inc./3M. He
lives in Shoreview, MN. Robert B. Howell 'S2,
is a division manager and vice preSident with
Texas Commerce Bank. He lives in Houston.
Kris Huang 'S2, is with Fairlace International
Corp. in Taiwan. Margo MyersJenkins '82, is an
account executive with Genigraphics. She lives
in Austin, TX. Stephen C. Johnson 'S2, is a
director of secondary marketing with Western
Mortgage Loan. He lives in Kaysville, UI Paul
M. Jones 'si, is a general supervisor, manufac­turing/
material control, with General Dynamics
Corp. He and his wife, Carolyn, live in La Mesa,
CA. Tai-Li Keng 'S2, has been named an assis­tant
vice president in the International Division
of InterFirst Bank Dallas. Steven M. Lewine 'S2,
has been promoted to assistant vice president
with Manufacturers Hanover Trust and is respon­sible
for the Central America portfolio. He and
his wife, Blandine, live in Briarwood, NY Vita
Liao 'S2, is a product manager with Taiwan Scott
Paper Corp. She lives in Taipei. William K. Liu
'S2, is a general manager of Harvester Interna­tional
Trading Company. He lives in Taiwan.
Michele A. Luciano-Church '82, was recently
married and has been promoted to senior pro­motions
manager with AT&T International, Inc.
She and her husband, William, live in Madison,
~ . Dean McCaskill 'S2, is systems manager
Europe/AfricalMiddle East for Nordson GmbH
in Germany. He and his wife, Martha White
McCaskill 'S2, live in Dusseldorf. John R.
McManus 'S2, is a regional manager of interna­tional
sales with Speed Queen. He lives in Ripon,
WI. James A. Methe 'S2, is credit manager for
Security Pacific National Bank in Los Angeles.
Michael]. Moretti 'S2, is an assistant vice pres­ident
with Irving Trust Co. He lives in New
York City. Patricia Murtha 'S2, and her husband
Bob Greenfield '82 have recently moved from
Singapore to Hong Kong. Patricia has joined Leo
Burnett Advertising as associate account director
and Bob joined Builders Federal as project
manager. They have enjoyed seeing a number of
T'birds visiting there. David M. Olsen 'S2, is an
account executive/Cascade with Saatchi & Saatchi
Compton. He and his wife, Diane 'S2, live in
New York City She is manager, customer service,
National Commercial Bank. Brenda L. Ortel de
Araya 'S2, has returned from a two-year assign­ment
in Santiago, Chile, with her Chilean
husband. She is a corporate banking officer at
the First National Bank of Chicago. Judd L.
Robertson 'S2, is a plant manager with Foremost
Foods Guam. He lives in Pamunng, Guam. Lisa
M. Rockwell 'S2, is a credit manager with Kaypro
Corp., Europe. She lives in The Netherlands.
Laurie E. Rodarty 'S2, is a retail sales manager
with Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays. She lives in
Sausalito, CA. Susan E. Romer 'S2, is with
American Airlines, Inc. She lives in Cincinnati.
Michael S. Sarkesian 'S2, is a senior merchan­diser
with Continental Grain Co. He and his
wife, Elizabeth, live in Little Silver, Nj. Angelique
M. Schweibenz '82, is a banking officer with
First City National Bank, Houston. She lives in
Houston. Emmanuel Sequin 'S2, married Heidi
Bamert in June. The couple will reside in
Rapperswil, Switzerland. Stephen B. Sherretta
'S2, is a managing editor with Business Interna­tional
Corp. He lives in Rosyln, PA. Daniel].
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ALUMNI UPDATES
Skurski '82, is an investment officer with Harris
Trust &: Savings Bank. He lives in Chicago. Philip
De Sousa '82, has started a consulting firm. He
lives in New York. Jacques Tapiero '82, and his
wifeJos announce the birth of their daughter,
Yoanna. They live in France. Scott]. Thomas
'82, is a financial analyst for the Celanese Corp.
He and his wife, Mary Sherrill Thomas '82, live
in Matthews, NC. Brigid L. Triggs '82, is a super­visor
of commercial accounting with Krupp Real
Estate Development. She lives in Watertown, MA.
John Tseng '82, is a retail support manager with
Kodak Thiwan Limited. He and his wife, Amy
Huang, live in Thipei. Robert Paul Volodkevich
'82, is a corporate recruiter with NCH Corp., a
manufacturer and distributor of maintenance
chemicals in Beverly Hills, CA. He lives in
Hermosa Beach, CA. Michael]. Watten '82, is
a project auditor with Santa Fe Pacific Redty.
He lives in San Leandro, CA. Norman R. Wilson
'82, is an account executive with Lowe-Marschalk.
He and his wife, Mary, live in Cleveland, OH.
Amy W.P. Yung '82, is manager of an American
Express Bank in Hong Kong. Peter K. Zeiner
'82, is a development engineer with Garrett Corp.
He lives in Chandler, AZ.
Class of
1983
Patrick Adam '83, is a financial analyst for Pirelli,
a cable production company. He and his wife,
Shukuko Onishi '84, live in Milan, Italy. They
were married in 1985. Eric C. Apablasa '83, is
a third-grade teacher with the Los Angeles Uni­fied
School District. He lives in Long Beach, CA.
Edward H. BallentineJr. '83, is a trade con­suliiintwith
Dalton &: Associates. He lives in
Nevada, IA. Anne Rebecca Boer '83, has been
promoted to assistant vice president with Bankers
Trust Company and is being transferred to San
Francisco. John H. Buzaid '83, is an area mana­ger
with VlSkase Corp. He lives in La Grange, IL.
RoseMarie B. DaSilva '83, is an advertising
account executive with The Downs Group, Inc.
She lives in Palm Bay, FL. Gail Dehnert '83 ,
was appOinted as director of support services for
The Architecture Company, in Tucson, AZ. Philip
M. Dei Dolori '83, has been promoted to man­ager,
national accounts, for Pitco Frialator. He
lives in Concord, NH. Thomas W. Eastling '83,
has been promoted to vice president at Nikko
Securities. He lives in New York. David A.
Epstein '83, has been promoted to senior
account executive and assistant regional man­ager
with International Trading Group, Ltd. in
San Francisco. Luis G. Fierro '83, has been pro­moted
to finance assistant for programs with the
UNICEF area office located in Santiago, Chile.
His second daughter, Catalina, was born in Feb­ruary
1987. Jennifer L. Gregory '83, and John
Wehrle were married in April. Jennifer is a man­ager
of international marketing with Prudential­Bache
Securities in New York. H. David Haber
Jr. '83, is with American Express Bank in New
York City Lynda Heinlein Harwood '83 , is an
area sales manager with McGregor Sea &: Air
Services. She and her husband, Peter '82, who is
a field consultant with EDCON, live in Boulder,
CO. Fred S. Imamura '83, is Far East business
manager of the Ford Motor Company. He lives
in Hiroshima,Japan. Jahandar Jahanbani '83, is
an account executive with Asian Dreams/Jetour
USA, Inc. He lives in Los Angeles. RichardJakucs
'83, is president of B.C.L. Enterprises in King of
Prussia, PA. Stephen]. Jelinek '83, is a lead
analyst with Analytics, Inc. He lives in Falls
Church, VA. Kevin Kehoe '83, is director, man­agement
consulting services, for Singer, Lewak,
Goldstein &: Greenbaum. He lives in Diamond
20 THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER '87
Bar, CA. Bart Kohnhorst '83, is an international
product marketing specialist in the Far East with
Northern Telecom, Inc. He lives in Santa Clara,
CA. Myrianne de Leon-Gonzales '83, is a loan
account officer at the Far East Bank &: li-ust
Company in Manila. She and her husband,
Roberto, live in Quezon City, Philippines. Ben
Liao-Ru '83, is an assistant division chief with
The Export-Import Bank of the Republic of
China. He and his wife, Y Y Lin, live in Taiwan.
Carrie E. Louis Hulburd '83, had a daughter,
Jules, in January. They live in Phoenix. Laura
Kay Mannel-Beard '83, was married in February.
She works for United Airlines and lives with her
husband in Chicago. Peter Mohrhardt '83, has
been named general manager of the Four Winds
office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Four Winds is an
international transportation company. Hussein
Bakir Oteifa '83, is with Appropriate Technology
Ltd. in Washington, DC. James E. Parker '83, is
an assistant manager, fixed income sales, with
Citicorp. He and his wife, Cathy, live in Tokyo.
Kathryn M. Parker '83, is media relations spe­cialist
for GTE Spacenet Corp. in McLean, VA.
Amy T. Petersen '83, is a commercial banking
officer with Pittsburgh National Bank. She lives
in Pittsburgh. Douglas W. Petty '83 , is a man­ager
in credit administration with Bell Atlantic
Corp. He lives in Glendale, AZ. Thomas L. Potter
'83, works for Westvaco Worldwide. He lives in
Santa Monica, CA. Steven]. Puig '83, is director
of corporate banking with Banco Nacional de
Credito. He lives in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic. He writes that he welcomes any inquires
regarding investment in the DR and its free zones.
Kathryn K. Ramming '83, is an export adminis­trator
with Kirsch Co. She lives in South Bend,
IN. She attended the Paris press conference and
alumni London reunion and "really enjoyed it."
Susan L. Rapp '83, is with Sigma Circuits and
lives in Burlingame, CA. Flora M. Reed '83, is a
provider/services director with Patient's Choice.
She lives in Phoenix. Cynthia]. Rodgers '83, is
a senior planning analyst with Pfizer Interna­tional.
She lives in New York City Dawn Sarro
Rodriguez '83, is a career trainee for the position
Anne R. Boer '83 Tom Garrity '84
He/ge Tryti '84
of development agent with the Department of
Economic Development, State of Connecticut.
She and her husband, Rodolfo, live in West Hart­ford,
CT. Glori Rosenson '83, is marketing
manager for Pari Corporation in Chicago. She
lives in Wheeling, IL. Victor Roses '83, is a dele­gate
with Fernando Roque T.1.S .A., the largest
Spanish freight forwarder in New York. Minami
Satoh '83, is a marketing representative with
DupontJapan Ltd. He and his wife, Ikuko, live
in Hyogo,Japan. Stanton Schultz '83, has
recently joined Johnson &: Higgins in Sao Paulo,
Brazil. He writes that he works in the same
building as Fernando Leite '86. Elizabeth T.
Schumann '83, is a manager, account planning,
with Alpha Therapeutic Corp. She lives in Dia­mond
Bar, CA. Kenneth]. Sluder '83, is a loan
officer with Torrey Pines Bank in Santa Fe, CA.
Tom Tempelman '83, is with Johnson &: Johnson
and responsible for marketingJohnson's baby
products and oral hygiene products. He lives in
Amsterdam. Cindy L. Thomas '83, is an account
executive with McCann-Erickson, Inc. She lives
in San Francisco. Francis X. Vaughan '83, is a
product development coordinator international
with TrifariJeweiry. He lives in Warwick, RI.
Amber L. Vietzen '83, is with Combine Graphics.
She recently had a daughter, Jessica. They live
in Wood Dale, IL. Bruce G. Wachtel '83, was
promoted to vice president with Security Pacific
National Bank. He lives in Los Angeles. Jessy
Wang '83, is a regional marketing manager with
Microtek International, Inc. She lives in Taiwan.
Peter G. Warmka '83, is an international market­ing
representative for Hinkle &: Associates. He
lives in Sterling, VA. Mark E. Waters '83, is a
float analyst with Maryland National Bank. He
lives in Towson, MD. Dirk Weisheit '83, is a
copywriter with Micro Age Inc. He lives in
Phoenix. Lori]. Wells Dean '83, is a financial
analyst with Electronic Data Systems. She and
her husband, David, live in Roseville, M1. Robert
K. Williams '83, is controller for Cooper Indus­tries.
He lives in El Paso.
Class of
1984
Abrar Ahmad '84, is a sales representative with
General Turbine Systems, Inc. He lives in Glen­dale,
AZ. William Randall Babcock '84, is an
internal auditor for ARA Services. He and his
wife, Angelina, live in Van Nuys, CA. Youssef
Amin Badawy '84, has moved from Cairo to
Jersey City, NJ, where he lives with his wife,
Madeliene.Jade Barnett-McComb '84, is a
senior financial analyst for Exxon. She and her
husband, Steven, live in Houston. Alfred L.
Becklin '84, is a commercial manager with
DeSter Corp., a plastic manufacture import finn.
He and his wife, Marta Elena, live in Miami
Beach. Alane Marie Bowling '84, is the execu­tive
assistant to the publisher at Ziff-Davis Pub­lishing
Company in Belmont, CA. She lives in
Foster City, CA. Todd]. Broadman '84, is a sales
representative for TymnetlMcDonnell Douglas.
He lives in Darien, CT. Timothy Brockish '84,
is manager of Sofrware Galeria. He and Wendy
Schmitz will marty in August. They live in Idaho
Falls, ID. G. Craig Bryant '84, is an associate
brand manager/Cutty Sark scotch whisky, with
the Buckingham Wile Co. He lives in New York
City. Cindy Carlson '84, is working for Wellman
and Cane in Newport Beach, CA, in real estate
leasing and development. She says, "Special
thanks to the Norwegian T'birds for assisting us
in our first Norwegian-American joint venture."
Javier Contijoch '84, and his wife had a son,
Marc, in April, 1987. Gabriel]. Coquard '84,
is responsible for the economic development and
promotion of the Mairie de Roanne, France dis­trict.
He lives in Feurs, France. Jan E. Crispin
'84, works for the University of Utah. She lives
in Salt Lake City. Douglas P. Deardorf '84, is
western sales manager for Actron. He and his
wife, Cindy, live in Arlington, TX. Regina T.
Di Spigna '84, is a commercial lender with Sun
Bank Miami N .A. She lives in Miami. Antonius
].M. Dirkx '84, is an export sales manager with
G.S. Blodgett Co., Inc. in Bolington, VT Quincy
A. Emmons Hill '84, is with Douglass China and
lives in Madison, WI. Philip]. English '84, is a
senior financial analyst with Grow Group, Inc. ,
a consumer products firm. He lives in Long
Beach, California, with his wife Li-Lin Kao
English '84. Margaret E. Everhart '84, is with
the International Trade Administration in the
U.S. Department of Commerce. She lives in
Knoxville, IA. Charles Ganz '84, was married
on November 15, 1986 to Alvenia Bridges. They
live in New York. Brian G. Gonzalez '84, is a
senior project management consultant with Paine
Webber Group, Inc. He lives in New York City.
Denise L. Harris '84, is a market analyst with
General Motors Corp. She lives in Farmington
Hills, MI. Mohammed Z. Islam '84, is with
Loews Anatole Hotel. He lives in Dallas. James
Yei FongJan '84, is an international banking
officer for the United World Chinese Commer­cial
Bank in Thipei, Thiwan. Desmond P.Johnson
'84, is a sales manager with Barnes-Hind, Inc.,
Pacific Central Region. He lives in Fresno, CA.
Becky L. Kohl '84, is an international accounts
receivable and credit manager with Gates Rubber
Company. She lives in Boulder, CO. Robert L.
Kuller '84, has joined Baldwin Technology Corp.
as a marketing manager at the company's Stam­ford,
CT. headquarters. James R. Lindow '84, is
an Inbound Dock Supervisor with Roadway
Express, Inc. He lives in Salt Lake City. Teresita
M. L1uria '84, has been promoted to senior finan- .
cial analyst with Mattel Inc. She lives in Long
Beach, CA. Kimberly G. Walsh MacDonald '84,
is a product manager with Dialight Corp. She and
her husband.John MacDonald '83, had a son,
Duncan, in May 1986. They live in Roosevelt,
N].Joaquin R. Macia '84, is the district manager
of Miami for Donn International. He lives in
Key Biscayne, FL. Katherine M. McCormack
'84, i

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~ ateway to the future from students
The year 1966 was a time when
Thunderbird students gathered at
international dinners to feast on
baked pig and to listen to the strains
ofJoseph LoPiccolo's accordion
while "wine merchants" peddled
their wares. The Prairie Dogs intra­mural
football team emerged vic­torious
and Colorgraphic Club
members shared slides and experi­ences
from around the globe.
Today, Class of 1966 graduates
are banding together for a different
cause - to raise funds for construc­tion
of an entrance on Greenway
Road which will serve as the main
gateway to the campus and as the
starting point for the new perimeter
road that will loop the campus.
Consisting of a landscaped median
and large sign, the entrance will be
constructed at the current site of
the Thunderbird Management
Center building.
The idea for the project blossomed
last fall at the 20-year reunion of
the Class of 1966. On the third day
of the reunion, the proposal for the
project was announced and the first
organizational meeting was held.
Within a month, a $1,500 gift was
received from a donor, and more
than $5,000 was raised even before
the formal appeal began, including
a generous matching gift from the
Kiplinger Foundation.
Heading the Greenway Entrance
project is C. Michael Bennis, who
served as chairman of the Class of
1966's 20-year reunion. Since his
graduation from Thunderbird,
Bennis has served as coordinator
of alumni activities in Spain, Thun­derbird
Founders Club member,
Annual Fund chairman, Presidents
Council member, Alumni Education
Counselor, New York phonathon
volunteer, and director of the
Thunderbird Club of New England.
"It's an excellent project;' says
Bennis. "It will greatly improve
traffic flow and safety Also, it's the
most noticeable thing we could do
as a class. It will be the first thing
you see when you arrive on campus
and the last thing you see when
you leave.
"For 1980-1981, our class donated
more money to Thunderbird than
any other graduating class. We're
asking classmates to come through
again with this same kind of spirit
and donate funds as soon as possi­ble
so that we can rapidly complete
the project and provide safety bene­fits
to the schoo!:'
of the past
Others active in the entrance
project include: Lloyd Andrew
Straits, II, who served as a charter
member of the Founders Club,
member of the Presidents Council,
20-year Reunion Steering Commit­tee
member, and member of the
Alumni Association Finance Com­mittee;
Fred M. Smoot, who has
actively supported the Presidents
Council, the Honolulu alumni club,
and the 20-year Reunion Steering
Committee; and Jerry Rupp, former
president of the Thunderbird Peru
and Arizona Chapters, and cur­rently
chairman of the board of the
Arizona Chapter.
"First impressions are important,
especially for people who may be
on campus only for a short time,
such as international visitors, diplo-mats,
potential students, corporate
recruiters, and businessmen;' says
Straits. "By contributing to the
Greenway Entrance project, alumni
can help create a better impression
and improve the physical stature
of a school in its 41st year."
"Hopefully, everyone can find a
way to maximize their contribu­tions
for a successful project;'
says Smoot.
The entrance project is the
second class-sponsored project,
following in the footsteps of the
Class of 1960 Academic Mall.
"These projects are the start of a
trend;' says Bobbie Boyd, director
of Alumni Relations, "as alumni are
increasingly joining together to fund
projects that will enhance the phys­ical
beauty of the campus.
"In the past, donors' efforts
focused primarily on strengthening
curriculum-related areas; but now,
with a strong academic core estab­lished,
they are able to help upgrade
the school's grounds and facilities,
and contribute to the visual impact
of the campus;' says Boyd. "These
projects are a way for alumni to
identify a need on campus and then
do something about it. It's a great
way for them to be involved in the
school's development, and they can
see the tangible results of their
donations and support." The Class
of 1966's current fund-raising target
for the entrance is about $65,000
over a three-year period.
For those who participate in the
Presidents Council, there is an
added bonus, as they can credit
their donation to the project and
receive dual recognition.
By Charles C. Barnes
CONTENTS
THUNDERBIRD
magazine
2 THUNDERBIRD LIBRARY
CELEBRATES A NEW CHAPTER.
The addition of the IOO,OOOth volume
marks a milestone in Thunderbird's
growth. The task and joy of this growth
has belonged to Thunderbird's librarian
of 33 years, Lora Jean Wheeler.
6 CAMPUS NEWS
10 THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
12 ALUMNI UPDATES
23 ALUMNI CONTACTS
Thunderbird Magazine
Summer 1987
Quarterly magazine of
the Alumni Relations
Office of the American
Graduate School of
International Management.
Thunderbird Campus.
Glendale. AZ. 85306
(602)978-7135
TELEX 187123
American Graduate
School of International
Management
Director of Communica­tion
and Editor:
Nelda S. Crowell
Managing Editor:
Carol A. Naftzger
Communication Secretary
and Contributing Writer:
Charles C. Barnes
Contributing Writer:
Joe Myers
Student Assistants:
Thunderbird Magazine:
Rebecca Berkich '88
Eric Chadwick '88
Alexandra Dymanus '87
Joe Myers '87
Sharon Schoenhals '88
Theresa Miskell Sires '87
Reldon Welling '88
Director of Alumni
Relations and Publisher:
Bobbie M. Boyd
Alumni Relations Staff:
Karen J. Rooney
Executive Secretary
Donna Cleland
Data Base Administrator
Pearl L Anderson
Records Assistant
Peggy E. Hufnagel
Secretaryl Assistant
Darleen Moller
Receptionist
Student Assistants.
Alumni Relations Office:
William D. Johnson '88
Conan E. Peisen '87
William C. Reade '88
Arthur S. Stern '88
On the Cover:
Photography: Left, students Usa
Michael Paulson/Audio Hindman '87 and SteYe
Visual Support Kulhanek '87 study the
Kent Sievers Photography world globe with Lora
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Reprinted with permission Ubrarian. The globe
of The Phoenix Gazette. wos donated to the
Permission does not imply School in 1961 by Fred
endorsement by the newspaper. Bohen, then president
Design:
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Thunderbird.
.......-ibrary begins a new chapter
II · 0 he addition of
" a new book ona
. . . library's book
shelf is usually a
common occurrence - done with­out
fanfare or recognition. However,
the Thunderbird community
recently took special note of an
addition made to the Barton K.
Yount Memorial Library when the
campus library added the 100,000th
volume to its collection. The
library was recognized for this
achievement May 22 at the Fortieth
Anniversary Pioneer Reunion held
on campus.
"Reaching this goal certainly was
a surprise to me;' said Miss Lora
Jeanne Wheeler, chief librarian.
''The School has worked hard to
continually improve the library,
but I thought it would take us
much longer to collect the number
of volumes that we have today."
A library collection of 100,000
volumes is an accomplishment when
one considers that in 1946, when
the school was founded, the library
contained only 2,664 volumes.
Because of a limited budget, several
of those volumes were borrowed
from professors' private collections.
The library was first located in
what is now the storage hangar, in
the present location of the campus
bookstore. A periodical reading
room was in the present-day office
of the ASLC student-body president
at the same location.
"When the school first opened,
General Yount would always take
visitors to look at the library;'
recalled Berger Erickson, Thunder­bird
executive vice president. "He
was quite proud of the library even
though it was very small. Of course,
there really wasn't much else on
campus at that time. All the other
buildings were either barracks
or hangars:'
In addition to borrowing books
from professors to complement the
curriculum of Spanish, Portuguese,
and Latin American studies, dupli-
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SUMMER 'S7
Students study in 1948 in the
Periodical Room that now houses
student government offices.
with lOO,OOOth volume
The library building, completed in
September 1970, carries the name
of the School's founder.
..
The Periodical Room houses 1,015
volumes, of which 132 are foreign publications.
..
Russell Sears, assistant librarian,
and Susan Bledsoe, acquisitions
librarian, use the OCLe system to
search a book title for bibliographic
information.